Get ready for possible disappointment in FL with Constitutional Carry.

[ChattanoogaPhil]

From May Issue to Permitless carry… it’s been a long 30 year battle of incremental wins along the way here in Tennessee. Permitless Carry would be a huge win for Floridians even if it does not include open carry in the bill this time. Keep up the good fight.

Open carry was legal here in Tennessee before permitless carry and continues to be legal as it should be. That said, other than police, I don’t see folks on the street openly carrying guns.

I recently watched a vid of a Floridian toting an AR in a city setting somewhere, telling the police he was on his way or coming back from fishing. Seemed to me he was trolling for attention. Don’t be that guy.

[Alex V]

Disney is afraid open carry anywhere in FL will scare away the tourists.

Fair point. Didn't consider it as a problem since it isn't one for me. I was against open carry until I moved to a state which allows it. It was very handy during the Rona BS. It kept store employees from asking me to put on a mask, LOL.

I got caught carrying in Disney Springs in April. An adorable black Lab ratted me out. They just asked me to run back to the parking garage and leave it in the car and didn't seem too upset, explaining that it happens all the time. Disney should concern themselves with Disney, not the rest of the state. People will go either way, I think. Disney people are a different kind.

Never mind that fact that 96% of all tourists that visit Florida are Americans and 47 states have open carry. If open carry was such a scary thing, the Americans visiting Florida wouldn't have it in their home states.

Lot's of people from Europe. I can see them shitting their dacks if they saw people open carrying.

My guess is a deal was struck with Disney as they are going to lose their status as independent government.

DeSantis seems to do that either way.

[WillBrink]

I don't conflate OC with CC. Two different issues, and I hope the OC weenies (and per other threads I support OC even if I'm not a big fan of it...) don't tank CC in FL. One issue at a time, and I'm much more concerned/interested in CC than OC personally.

Sure, don't like to see woke biz in FL win anything, but that's cutting off nose to spite face if CC and OP don't happen due to trying to combine the two.

[jsbhike]

From May Issue to Permitless carry… it’s been a long 30 year battle of incremental wins along the way here in Tennessee. Permitless Carry would be a huge win for Floridians even if it does not include open carry in the bill this time. Keep up the good fight.

Open carry was legal here in Tennessee before permitless carry and continues to be legal as it should be. That said, other than police, I don’t see folks on the street openly carrying guns.

I recently watched a vid of a Floridian toting an AR in a city setting somewhere, telling the police he was on his way or coming back from fishing. Seemed to me he was trolling for attention. Don’t be that guy.

Seen several open carry while on trips to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg.

Fishing in Florida sounds like Michael Taylor.

1) he is fishing
2) that is legal
3) those are your rights, mine, and everyone else's he is defending.

I can only imagine the 1950s to 1960s commentary on black folks trolling for attention by plopping down on the bus, trying to eat in a restaurant, and drink out of the fountain which actually was a violation of Jim Crow laws.

[hotbiggun42]

Is there only a tweet? I cant find a actual news source for this claim

[Miami_JBT]

Fair point. Didn't consider it as a problem since it isn't one for me. I was against open carry until I moved to a state which allows it. It was very handy during the Rona BS. It kept store employees from asking me to put on a mask, LOL.

I got caught carrying in Disney Springs in April. An adorable black Lab ratted me out. They just asked me to run back to the parking garage and leave it in the car and didn't seem too upset, explaining that it happens all the time. Disney should concern themselves with Disney, not the rest of the state. People will go either way, I think. Disney people are a different kind.



Lot's of people from Europe. I can see them shitting their dacks if they saw people open carrying.



DeSantis seems to do that either way.

International Tourists (meaning Europeans) make up only 4% of all tourists who visit Florida.

[Miami_JBT]

Is there only a tweet? I cant find a actual news source for this claim

I've spoken to multiple independent sources across FL that have confirmed this.

[henri]

Personally, OC is not an option I would chose. If an individual is open carrying in ____ (location of choice) and I'm a bad guy looking for an easy mark, the OC guy is getting a knife in the neck from behind and his pistol will now be mine. And please, no nonsense about how your 'situational awareness, years of training, triple black belt, eyes in back of your head, can dead lift 10 tons, etc, will guarantee this can never happen to you. As the expression goes, anybody can get got.
So if an OC option will somehow affect or limit the CC option, phuck OC.

[Alex V]

International Tourists (meaning Europeans) make up only 4% of all tourists who visit Florida.

It was a shot in the dark. So then yeah, most Americans come from places which allows OC...

[Miami_JBT]

Personally, OC is not an option I would chose. If an individual is open carrying in ____ (location of choice) and I'm a bad guy looking for an easy mark, the OC guy is getting a knife in the neck from behind and his pistol will now be mine. And please, no nonsense about how your 'situational awareness, years of training, triple black belt, eyes in back of your head, can dead lift 10 tons, etc, will guarantee this can never happen to you. As the expression goes, anybody can get got.
So if an OC option will somehow affect or limit the CC option, phuck OC.

Doesn't matter.... Americans in 47 states have the choice to open or conceal carry a firearm. What makes Floridians, New Yorkers, and Illinoisans any different? Why should Floridians be limited in their choice?