ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — The First District Court of Appeals formally struck down Florida’s open-carry gun ban as unconstitutional Wednesday. The three-judge panel included Judge Stephanie Ray, who wrote the opinion, as well as Judges Lori Rowe and M. Kemmerly Thomas.

What You Need To Know • Florida law currently has banned the open carry of firearms • There is a licensing process to lawfully concealed carry that requires individuals to first undergo a brief gun education course • The open-carry ban in Florida was ruled unconstitutional by a three judge appellate panel

The judges ruled that Florida Statute Section 790.053 cannot be reconciled with the Second Amendment’s protection of the right to bear arms, and argued that the State had not met the burden of proofing that the open-c

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