Gun Owners of America fights Florida's ban on carrying firearms openly: 'Blatant infringement'
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Gun Owners of America is filing a lawsuit that challenges a Florida state law that prohibits the open carry of firearms, arguing it is unconstitutional under Supreme Court precedent.
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"Despite its reputation as a largely gun-friendly state, Florida inexplicably continues to prohibit the peaceable carrying of firearms in an open and unconcealed manner," the complaint obtained by Fox News Digital states.
"This blatant infringement of the Second Amendment right to ‘bear arms’ runs counter to this nation’s historical tradition and would have criminalized the very colonists who openly carried their muskets and mustered on the greens at Lexington and Concord to fight for their independence."