TALLAHASSEE — For nearly 40 years, Florida has had a ban on the open carry of firearms that was signed into law by a Republican governor and defended by a Republican-controlled Legislature against the ...

A demonstrator stands in front of a large "Come and Take It" banner at a rally in support of open-carry gun laws at the Texas State Capitol in Austin in 2015. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (CN) — A ...