The Brief
- The State Attorney’s Office of the 13th Judicial Circuit has dropped pending charges for openly displaying a firearm.
- Recently, a state appeals court ruled that Florida’s open carry ban is unconstitutional.
- Legal gun owners can now openly carry guns in Florida.
TAMPA, Fla. – The State Attorney’s Office of the 13th Judicial Circuit has dropped pending charges for openly displaying a firearm. It comes after a Florida appeals court recently ruled that an open carry ban is unconstitutional.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to refrain from arresting or putting on trial “law-abiding citizens carrying a firearm in a manner that is visible to others” as Florida courts couldn’t convict such people.
The backstory:…