A three-judge panel of the Florida First District Court of Appeal (DCA) ruled last week that the state’s 1987 law banning open carry in Florida is unconstitutional. “Meaning that as of last week, open carry is the law of the state.”No ‘new restrictions’, Second Amendment groups saySecond Amendment groups that have been advocating for the Legislature to repeal the ban on open carry are cheering last week’s ruling. But they’re also warning state legislators not to add any new regulations in legislation they offer next year putting open carry into statute. “Florida Carry (FLC), Gun Owners of America (GOA), National Rifle Association (NRA), and Florida Gun Rights (FLGR) all have spent countless dollars and man hours in this fight, that they have now won,” said Luis Valdes, Florida state director of Gun Owners of America in a statement. Ron DeSantis an advocate of open carry, he isn’t likely to sign off on any legislation that would weaken the state’s new policy.