is FL an open carry state?

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a former Florida LEO told me that we used to be an open carry state back in the early 80's, but the constant hassle of retirees (from other states) calling the police and reporting "people with guns" cause change in state law.
I think this might have even lead to the concealed carry reform.

but i'm just guessing and going off of hear say.
 
We were an open carry state for a very very short, basically I think it was a matter of weeks. I believe it was just a legislative[sp?] boo boo. They had fiddled with the law and forgot to make it illegal again. I was a kid at the time. It was sort of a non issues in the Tampa bay area. I don't recall seeing anyone carry openly.

Anyway, it ain't anymore.

Joe
 
No. Big no. I don't even think you have to willfully unconceal to get in trouble. Some places will arrest you even if you print.
 
Lord, I really do love that sign. There is one a mile or so up from my exit on I-75, I consider it fair warning to anyone coming to my fair city and state.;)
 
man i do love that sign too.... im also a fan of the 10-20-life signs... they have rove oh so incredibly effective at lowering crime in orlando
 
I love that sign! I remember driving down from Georgia a couple of years back with my mother. She looked at the sign, read it aloud, and just said, "I'm not seeing a down-side." :)

Sarcasm may very well be genetic.

I also learned very quickly that Florida is not an OC state. I got out of my car at a Shoney's, and it took me a second to get my jacket on. In that time, an LEO had spotted it.

I didn't know until we were waiting for a table, and he walked up behind me and said (quietly), "you gotta keep that covered up down here."

He was really nice about it, so I asked, and he told me Florida had no provision for open carry. Apparently in the rural northern parts of the state, they're somewhat easygoing about it, but don't count on that in the metropolitan areas.

+1 for him knowing that Georgia permits were legal for carry there.
 
The Brady Campaign might want to consider putting a similar sign at all roads leading into Washington, DC. That one could say "District Residents Can't Use Deadly Force."

I'd bet that Mayor Fenty and the District's City Council would agree to pay the cost of such signs. Might attract tourists and encourage them to stroll through the District's streets at night.
 
Rick,your tourists are not all from New Yawk and Joisey.
They frighten rather easily.
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Yeah, and they bitch that "you can get a good (insert food item here") in Florida.

I remind them that I-95 runs NORTH too....

and for the record, I was BORN in Joisey (exit 8E), don't have that Joisey accent, say y'all and pray that I pass for a native Floridian!

Warning.jpg
 
Sweet! The sign is great.

How do we get the Brady's to put up more signs like that in other states?

My only question is the deadly force limited to Floridians or can any visitor use deadly force also?
 
It establishes that law-abiding residents and visitors may legally presume the threat of bodily harm or death from anyone who breaks into a residence or occupied vehicle and may use defensive force, including deadly force, against the intruder.


In any other place where a person “has a right to be,” that person has “no duty to retreat” if attacked and may “meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”


In either case, a person using any force permitted by the law is immune from criminal prosecution or civil action and cannot be arrested unless a law enforcement agency determines there is probable cause that the force used was unlawful.
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They need to fix that sign. It should read:

Warning:

(followed by)

You have just crossed the line where everyone here has full rights to self defense.

or

In Florida if you try to rob or assault someone in their residence or vehicle, they have the right to kill YOU.

or if they want to keep it simple

In Florida, everyone can use deadly force to defend themselves
 
a former Florida LEO told me that we used to be an open carry state back in the early 80's, but the constant hassle of retirees (from other states) calling the police and reporting "people with guns" cause change in state law.
I think this might have even lead to the concealed carry reform.
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So if a bunch of people call police and report [strike]illegal[/strike] undocumented immigrants, will a state do something about that?
 
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