The Lake County Sheriff's Office received several calls about a man openly carrying a rifle.

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 ...

The Second Amendment is one of America’s most popular parts of the Constitution. The right to bear arms is one that many Americans take seriously. In fact, nearly a third of U.S. citizens say they own ...

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 ...

An attendee at a gun-rights rally open carries his gun in a holster that reads "We the People" from the Preamble to the United States Constitution. This article is republished from The Conversation, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Open carry, often known as constitutional carry, of a firearm went into effect Thursday across Florida. A ban on open carry was overturned by an appeals court earlier this month, paving ...

STATEWIDE — As of Thursday, all legal Florida gun owners will be allowed to carry their weapons openly. This comes a few weeks after a district court of appeals ruled Florida’s open carry ban was ...

Boxes of 9mm handgun ammunition can be seen in this photo illustration from Nov. 11, 2025. Two related bills filed by Democratic lawmakers in Florida's Legislature would require criminal background ...

Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University I’m a historian who has studied the roots of stand your ground laws. I published a book on the subject in 2017. My ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 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 ...

As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its stand your ground law. Joe Raedle/Getty Images News Caroline Light, Harvard University Twenty years ago, ...