FL AG: Open Carry of Guns “Law of the State”

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier declared state residents are free to openly carry guns statewide after an appeals court decision that struck down Florida's nearly 40-year-old ban. Uthmeier, a Republican appointed to the job earlier this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis who is running for the post in 2026, sent out a "guidance" memo Monday to law enforcement agencies and local prosecutors asserting the 1st District Court of Appeal ruling is in effect statewide. "Meaning that of last week, open carry is the law of the state," Uthmeier wrote on his official X account in a post that included the memo.

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While Uthmeier said open carry is now legal, he said that other gun laws remain in force, including one that bans the carrying of guns into courthouses, bars, schools and onto college campuses. The attorney general also stated that someone who is armed could be charged criminally if they refuse to leave after being asked to do so by a private property owner. Florida's large theme parks such as Disney World prohibit people from bringing weapons onto the property.

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Cutting to the chase: thoughts, prayers, and inaction (in advance).

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-16 06:05 AM | Reply

In an average year, 3,108 people die and 6,358 are wounded by guns in Florida, which has the 23rd-highest rate of gun violence in the US. Gun violence costs Florida $40.3 billion each year, of which $875.9 million is paid by taxpayers. 61% of gun deaths are suicides and 36% are homicides. This is compared to 56% and 40% nationwide, respectively. 23,839,600 people live in the Sunshine State.

By contrast, in 2024 the entire country of Canada (41,712,712 people) suffered a grand total of 286 murders by an assailant with a firearm. Ten times more people die in the one state of Florida than the ten provinces and three territories of Canada combined.

Sources:

everystat.org

www150.statcan.gc.ca

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-16 06:32 AM | Reply

Just another reason to stay away from the swamp.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-16 07:15 AM | Reply

Open carry is a cultural regression.

A regression that makes me and everyone near me subject to assassination after someone's next brain fart.

Yes, some of these people have gone out of their way to accost me and my wife. Why? You tell me.

But I think that they can't take out their pensises in public, so they wave their guns.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-16 08:58 AM | Reply