( UPDATED with new information and video: Multiple Florida sheriffs and police departments vowing not enforce the state's open carry ban, following the decision. )

Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis once again called on legislators to allow people to openly carry guns in Florida, a state appeals court ruled that the state's .

In a major decision, a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal said the open-carry ban is incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.” It cited U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Second Amendment issues.

In response, sheriffs in several counties across Florida including , , Polk and more have announced they will stop enforcing the law, .

"History confirms that the right to bear arms in public necessarily includes the righ

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