The ruling came from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and reverses a law that bans so-called ...

If the appeals court’s reasoning against California's open-carry ban is applied to mainstream laws such as background checks ...

STATEWIDE — As of Thursday, all legal Florida gun owners will be allowed to carry their weapons openly. This comes a few weeks after a district court of appeals ruled Florida’s open carry ban was ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Open carry, often known as constitutional carry, of a firearm went into effect Thursday across Florida. A ban on open carry was overturned by an appeals court earlier this month, paving ...

With Texas' permitless carry law in effect, folks are confused about open carry regulations. Understanding where firearms are ...

A short excerpt from today's very long opinion in Baird v. Bonta by Judge Lawrence VanDyke, joined by Judge Kenneth Lee: ...

A federal appeals court struck down California's open-carry ban affecting 95% of state residents, ruling the restrictions ...

The law banning residents in most parts of California from openly carrying loaded handguns for self-defense was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a federal appeals court. A 2-1 decision of the San ...

Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, said California's open carry law cannot stand ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Caroline Light is Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, ...

The Second Amendment is one of America’s most popular parts of the Constitution. The right to bear arms is one that many Americans take seriously. In fact, nearly a third of U.S. citizens say they own ...

As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its stand your ground law. Joe Raedle/Getty Images News Caroline Light, Harvard University Twenty years ago, ...