FLORIDA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is telling law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities to stop enforcing the state's decades-old ban on openly carrying firearms, after a court ruling declared the prohibition unconstitutional last week.

‘Open carry is the law of the state'

What we know:

Uthmeier sent a letter to Florida law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities on Monday, providing guidance and instructing the officials to stop enforcing the open-carry ban, effectively making open carry legal under the state's current interpretation of the Second Amendment.

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The AG cited the McDaniels v. State decision by the First District Court of Appeal in his letter, saying "no Florida court will any longer be empowered

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