Open carry is now effectively legal in Florida following a state appellate court decision. The Florida Sheriffs Association has advised all 67 county sheriffs not to arrest for open carry. A decade ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday said open carry of firearms is now "the law of the state," after the 1st District Court of Appeal last week struck down a longstanding ban as ...

Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled against the state's open carry ban. The Florida Sheriff's Association and researchers have long opposed open carry bills. The FSA has told all 67 sheriff's ...

Before your next grocery run, here's which Florida stores will and won't allow open carry of firearms in their stores.

When does open carry become legal in Florida? When will you start seeing people in line behind you at Target carrying guns on their hips? Well, technically, openly carrying a firearm in public in the ...

(This story was revised to clarify Walmart's position on open carry.) Publix Super Markets will allow the open carry of guns by customers in its nearly 900 stores across Florida, according to media ...

A petition is asking Publix to ban the open carry of firearms in its Florida stores. Publix will comply with a new state legal framework allowing open carry in its stores. The petition argues the ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said that “open carry is the law of the state,” in the wake of a state appeals court striking down a ban on the practice. “The 1st DCA’s decision is binding on ...