Florida Bill to Legalize Open Carry and Require Strict Scrutiny

By Justin Stakes

Contact Committee Members NOW to Support the Right to Bear Arms by the use of Strict Scrutiny and Legalizing Open Carry

Tallahassee, FL -(AmmoLand.com)- On Tuesday, Oct 6th, at 9am the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee will hear the Open Carry and Strict Scrutiny bill.

Committee members need to hear from you now. It does not matter if you ever intend to carry unconcealed, this is one of the most important bills filed for the protection of the right to bear arms in Florida since Shall Issue Concealed Carry was passed in 1987.

Strict Scrutiny is the most stringent standard of judicial review used by United States courts to weigh the government’s interest against a constitutional right. In basic terms, strict scrutiny of the right to bear arms and self-defense means that if any Florida law is going to stand that impacts those rights, the state must prove that it is using the least restrictive way possible for the state to achieve a compelling need to regulate.

Open Carry is legal in most of the country. Most often open carry is practiced in very innocuous ways. For example, a …Read the Rest

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