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Court Strikes Down Florida's Ban On Open Carry!
Link to the decision for those who speak Lawyer.
Anthony Sabatini's reaction on X.
I've long held that open carry should be legal and stood against the people who were OK with banning it because it wasn't a good idea.
Liberty includes the freedom to do stupid things...
But my real support of open carry began with jurisdictions closer to Miami who are prosecuting conceal carry failures.
The legislature in Tallahassee has attempted to keep that from happening twice since I've moved to Florida, to no avail.
In those places, if a cop sees a gun you're either open carrying or brandishing; even if it's the wind that flips open your shirt for a second revealing the holstered pistol.
THAT is what made me an advocate of open carry, not that I think it's wise or preferable to do so; but to take away a justification for The State to mess with me when I'm not hurting anyone.
My attitude about taking away justifications from the cops started when I rode motorcycles, progress through owning a hot rod and matured when I kept odd hours.
I detest the cops fishing expeditions. Letting them fish means they're more apt to go for the law abiding for something minor than be where they're needed.
Michigan, my home state, is both an open carry and a shall issue state. That is about the only good thing about our Democrat controlled state that I can say about our gun laws, which include the so called Red Flag law, another name for violation of our 4th amendment rights. Why nobody has ever taken this to the SCOTUS is beyond me.
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