Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Florida’s open carry ban was struck down, there is nothing in state law requiring a license to carry a gun openly.

In September 2025, a state appeals court ruled Florida's open carry ban unconstitutional.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke appears in a video released by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as part of ...

An attendee at a gun-rights rally open carries his gun in a holster that reads "We the People" from the Preamble to the United States Constitution. This article is republished from The Conversation, ...

The notion that grocery shopping exposes us to an increased risk of being shot may sound absurd (and it should), and yet that is now a reality at Publix. With Publix separating from its competitors ...

A Glock semi-automatic pistol. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) The law banning residents in most parts of California from openly carrying loaded handguns ...

Todd Nepola had always noticed the “no firearms or weapons” signs bolted to the walls of Aventura Mall, but he had never thought to do the same at the 95 retail properties his company, Current Capital ...

TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in nearly four decades, Floridians can openly carry firearms. A Florida court decision led to the new gun access; the state had largely banned open carry since the ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Caroline Light is Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, ...