Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” The law’s creators promised it would protect law-abiding citizens ...
TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in nearly four decades, Floridians can openly carry firearms. A Florida court decision led to the new gun access; the state had largely banned open carry since the ...
Can you open-carry in Publix? Last October, Publix indicated that yes, shoppers can enter with visible firearms: “Florida law allows the open carry of firearms. Publix follows all federal, state and ...
“There is no record of any law restricting open carry at the Founding, let alone ‘a distinctly similar historical regulation,'" wrote Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, quoting from the high ...
GAINESVILLE — Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills — which even the party’s lawmakers acknowledge are likely to go nowhere — less than two months after the ...
After months of allowing customers to openly carry guns in its Florida stores, Publix appears to have changed its policy. After Florida law changed last fall, Publix opted to allow customers to open ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Springfield Police have received nearly 15 calls just this month alone about people walking around Springfield wearing masks and carrying guns. But is this illegal? “As ...
Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” I’m a historian who has studied the roots of stand your ground ...