“No historical tradition supports Florida’s Open Carry Ban,” Judge Stephanie Ray wrote in the opinion, joined by judges Lori Rowe and M. Kemmerly Thomas. That is not to say that open carry is absolute or immune from reasonable regulation. Before trial, he moved to dismiss the charge and to have the open carry ban declared unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Senate resistanceDespite verbal support by DeSantis for the Legislature to repeal Florida’s ban on open carry, the Florida Senate in particular has proven resistant to such a change. “That’s where I stand.”The Florida Sheriffs Association released a statement later on Wednesday after this story was originally published.