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A Florida appeals court panel declared the state's ban on openly carrying firearms unconstitutional.

The ruling has created confusion and inconsistencies with existing state gun laws.

Restrictions on carrying firearms in sensitive locations like schools and courthouses are still expected to apply, but have been challenged by gun rights activists.

is now legal in Florida, thanks to a September appeals court panel decision.

That leaves the state's gun laws "a little wonky," according to .

Open carry was banned in Florida in 1987, but laws on concealed carry, permit carry and constitutional carry have been passed and tweaked since then. With the open carry law now declared unconstitutional, that leaves some inconsistencies and confusion in those Florida statutes that

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