Amid confusion over the impact of an appeals-court decision that overturned the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms , a House Democratic leader on Tuesday filed a measure seeking to ensure that certain places — such as legislative meetings, jails and police stations — remain gun-free zones.

Rep. Christine Hunchofsky, D-Parkland, said her bill (HB 63) is intended to close a “perceived loophole” created by the 1st District Court of Appeal’s ruling in a case known as McDaniels v. State of Florida.

A three-judge panel of the Tallahassee-based court found that the state’s open-carry ban was incompatible with the nation’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.” The Sept. 10 ruling overturned a 1987 law that made it a misdemeanor to visibly display guns.

Part of the fallout from

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