Random Thoughts About Florida Open Carry & “Gun Free Zones”

By Ammoland

By Robert Farago

USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Florida is home to more licensed concealed carriers than any other state.

Yet it remains one of the handful of states that don’t allow some form of open carry. Although it’s hardly practiced — thanks to law enforcement ready, willing and able to charge open carriers with Disorderly Conduct or Breach of Peace — even gun-averse Massachusetts recognizes the right to bear arms in plain view.

What’s up with that?

According to wikipedia.org, 4,733,359 registered Democratic voters call Florida home, compared to 4,459,087 registered Republicans. That’s less than a three percent advantage. Donald Trump’s razor-thin victory — 4,617,886 votes to Hillary Clinton’s 4,504,975 — highlights the split. More to the point, it indicates the critical importance of Florida’s 2,949,668 unaffiliated voters.

Even though Florida’s state government is now solidly Republican, gun rights advocates pushing for open carry and the elimination of “gun free zones” ignore voters who are neither hard-core firearms freedom lovers nor gun control advocates at their peril.

The question: how to frame the debate?

If ditching “gun free” zones in the …Read the Rest

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