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ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — On Thursday, Florida joined 46 other states to allow gun owners to openly carry firearms in some form.

WPTV got answers to where it will be allowed and where it will be prohibited.

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"I'm not afraid of it," Lillian Peterson, the owner of Argento Jewelry in Stuart, said. "I hope others aren't afraid of it."

With Thursday being the first day for open carry in Florida, many local business owners, like Peterson, are still figuring out what it means for their customers.

"I would play it as it goes," Peterson said. "We need to see what's happening and how people are taking it. If we see that it's a little overdone and

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