Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first "stand your ground" law, calling it a "good, common-sense, anti-crime issue." The law's creators promised it would protect law-abiding citizens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its stand your ground law. Joe Raedle/Getty ...

Publix, one of Florida's most popular grocery chains, is now allowing customers across the state to openly carry guns due to a recent court ruling, employees say. Florida began allowing open carry on ...

Florida’s largest grocery chain has confirmed it will now allow open carry of firearms in its stores — a major shift following a recent court ruling and change in state law. Publix, which operates ...

The Florida Legislature approved a bill last week that will allow faculty and staff at the state’s colleges and universities ...

Florida’s open-carry law has been active for less than a month, and gun-toting residents have turned the state into one massive Fortnite pregame lobby with cartoonish-looking, gun-equipped characters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s new open carry law, in combination with the state's "stand your ground" law, creates new freedoms for residents -- and ...

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, ...