In a guidance memorandum issued September 15, 2025, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) pointed to a First District Court of Appeal (1st DCA) ruling and made clear open carry is now “the law of the state.”
Breitbart News reported that on September 10, 2025, a three-judge panel of Florida’s 1st DCA weighed the state’s ban on open carry via the test set forward in Bruen (2022) and found that the constitution protects the right to carry a gun openly for self-defense.
Judge Stephanie Ray wrote the panel’s opinion, noting that the Second Amendment “does not distinguish between modes of carry” when it addresses the right to bear arms. She…
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