TALLAHASSEE — For nearly 40 years, Florida has had a ban on the open carry of firearms that was signed into law by a Republican governor and defended by a Republican-controlled Legislature against the efforts of gun rights advocates and, more recently, Gov.

The four states that prohibit open carry are also those with the largest cities in the country. They see gun control as a tool for managing urban crime. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor ...

An appeals-court decision this month striking down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms has affected another law establishing places where guns are off-limits, according to law-enforcement officials and some gun-rights proponents. Attorney General ...

An appeals-court decision this month striking down the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms has affected another law establishing places where guns are off-limits, according to law-enforcement officials and some gun-rights proponents. Attorney General ...

A petition is asking Publix to ban the open carry of firearms in its Florida stores. Publix will comply with a new state legal framework allowing open carry in its stores. The petition argues the policy could be traumatic and make shoppers feel unsafe.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said that “open carry is the law of the state,” in the wake of a state appeals court striking down a ban on the practice. “The 1st DCA’s decision is binding on all Florida’s trial courts,” Uthmeier said ...