Floridians can now officially openly carry firearms in the state, now that a 15-day wait period has expired on an appeal's court decision that made a ban on open carry unconstitutional.

On Sept. 10, a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal overturned a 1987 law that made it a misdemeanor to visibly display guns. (While people were barred for decades from openly carrying guns in Florida, they could get concealed-weapons licenses.)

The First District Court of Appeal, in its ruling, said Florida's ban on open carry was incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Attorney General James Uthmeier quickly embraced the decision as “the law of the state” and issued guidance for prosecutors, police and sheriffs warning them not to arrest or put on trial “law-

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