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

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A judge ruled Friday that a portion of the Florida law that prohibits adults under 21 from carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional. As the South Florida Sun Sentinel ...

Can you go packing on your next Publix grocery run? Yes, since the iconic Florida grocery chain changed its official position ...

TALLAHASSEE — Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying ...

The legality of firearms possession in Florida continues to evolve, with an important change as of September 25, 2025. After the First District Court of Appeal struck down the state’s decades-old Open ...

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. Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a ...

After this change in Florida law, there are now 47 states across the U.S. that allow open carry in some form. As of Thursday, you can openly carry firearms in Florida, but gun owners should be aware ...

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 ...

HB 757 addresses classroom door lock requirements, expands a statewide program of arming trained K-12 school staff into ...

(UPDATED with new information and video: Multiple Florida sheriffs and police departments vowing not enforce the state's open carry ban, following the decision.) Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis once ...