Last week, Gun Owners of America Florida Director Luis Valdes made news by asking Governor Ron DeSantis if he supports open adding open carry to the permitless concealed carry bills currently moving through the Florida legislature.
Today DeSantis delivered his annual state of the state message and was asked about the open carry in a press conference that followed. As you can see in the video above, he displays a better working knowledge of open carry and permitless concealed carry that most elected officials.
The Florida legislature is back in session as of today. The permitless carry bill only needs a final vote of the full House. On the Senate side, it has one committee it still has to clear before a vote of the full body. Adding open carry provisions to the bills would not require them to start the process all over again. The only question is whether the GOP leadership on both sides are willing to do that. DeSantis’ statements have removed an excuse they’ve used to avoid that so far.
Watch this space.
[h/t Matt Collins]
