Guns

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a state law banning the open carrying of firearms, calling the law incompatible with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made the statement during a news conference in Plant City to mark the start of sales tax exemptions through the end of the year on hunting, fishing and camping equipment.

Starting Monday and running through the end of the year, Florida will provide a sales-tax exemption on a variety of hunting equipment, the first time a state tax "holiday" includes guns and ammunition.

Uthmeier said in March he would not defend the law, but Wednesday's brief appeared to go further by arguing the Supreme Court should take up the case and find the law unconstitutional.

A divided appeals court Wednesday revived a lawsuit that alleges a South Florida city’s zoning restrictions on where a gun shop could operate violated a state law that prevents local regulation of firearms.

Federal law enforcement and the firearm industry have launched "Don’t Lie for the Other Guy," a new public awareness campaign in Miami warning that buying a gun for someone who can’t legally own one is a serious federal crime.

It’s part of a Republican push to protect 2nd amendment rights.

An open carry billed filed for consideration during the 2025 Legislative Session would allow Floridians to openly carry firearms and repeal a “red-flag” law passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Florida gun owners are speculating whether 2025 will be the year the state finally passes a law that allows open carry.

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit challenging the age restriction shortly after then-Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature rushed to include it in a sweeping school-safety bill that passed after the February 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The Biden administration this week urged a U.S. district judge to toss out a Florida lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that requires more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, disputing state arguments about lost tax revenue from gun shows.

Florida this week revamped a lawsuit that challenges a new federal rule requiring more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, in part pointing to lower attendance at gun shows.