by Bob Walsh
SCOTUS declined to hear two appeals of firearms cases yesterday, at least one of those was rather interesting IMHO.
Earlier this year the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on open carry. Florida is a "shall issue" state and is required to issue a concealed carry permit to practically any warm body who wants one and who is also not a prohibited person. The case comes out of a situation in Fort Pierce, where a many who had a carry permit was arrested and eventually fined $300 for carrying a handgun openly in public. That state's position is that open carry has inherent dangerous due to the fact that criminals KNOW who is carrying and who is not. This would allow bad guys or nutters to target people who were obviously armed. The man was dressed in shorts and a tank top at the time.
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