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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

DeSantis quietly passes ‘shameful’ law allowing anyone to carry concealed gun in Florida

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Florida residents will be able to carry concealed firearms without a permit anywhere in the state after Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that has been condemned as “shameful” by the White House.

Mr DeSantis signed the legislation in a closed-door ceremony in his office, making Florida the 26th American state with a permitless concealed carry law.

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