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Open Carry Laws
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JURIST
US appeals court strikes down California’s urban open-carry ban
By Sandy Almarradweh | Osgoode Hall Law School, CA
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that California’s restrictions on openly carrying firearms in the state’s more populous counties violate the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Florida’s Open Carry Era Begins: The Impact on Retailers
Quick Hits On September 10, 2025, the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State of Florida ruled that Florida’s Open Carry Ban (790.053, Florida Statutes) was unconstitutional. Pursuant…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Florida’s Open Carry Shift: Implications for Employers
By By Dee Anna D. Hays, Lara J. Peppard
Quick Hits Florida’s First District Court of Appeal has ruled the state’s open carry ban unconstitutional, leading the state attorney general to declare open carry as “the law of the…
Futeral and Nelson Law Blog
Handgun Laws in South Carolina in 2024 – What You Need to Know
As criminal defense attorneys in Mt Pleasant and Charleston, SC, we know South Carolina handgun laws can be confusing. Violations of gun laws, even innocent ones, can lead to jail…
Simple Justice
A Terrible Time To Test, But Still A Right
It was only days after the slaughter in an El Paso Walmart. In the scheme of constitutional rights, it can be argued all day and all night that this undeniable…
Waller Law Blogs
Metro Nashville Beer Board toasts new Tennessee open carry law
08.10.18We believe that the Metro Nashville Beer Board has become the first local board in the State of Tennessee to officially approve “open carry” of beer between two different licensed…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Strikes State Restriction on Open Carry
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolA sharply divided three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled this week that Hawaii's restriction on the open carrying of firearms violates the Second…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Divided Ninth Circuit Panel Finds Limit on Open-Carry Violates Second Amendment
In its opinion in Young v. Hawaii, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Hawaii Revised Statute §134-9, limiting the licensing of open carry of a loaded…
Waller Law Blogs
New Tennessee open carry law is gamechanger for many restaurants, hotels
05.18.18Among the many liquor laws passed this legislative session by the Tennessee General Assembly, one of the biggest changes, in our humble opinion, is the new Open Carry law. P.C.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Tenth Circuit Rejects First, Second Amendment Claims of Detained Open-Carry Gun Owner
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Tenth Circuit last week ruled that officers enjoyed qualified immunity against an open-carrying-plaintiff's claims that they detained him in violation of the Second…