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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Florida attorney general says cops should stop enforcing open carry gun ban after court ruling

Florida’s Republican attorney general has told police and prosecutors to stop enforcing the state's decades-old ban on carrying guns openly after an appeals court ruled it unconstitutional.

In a letter posted to social media on Monday, James Uthmeier said that the ruling was binding on all trial courts and that his office would no longer defend such cases.

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