"Floridians deserve an Attorney General who will not merely campaign as pro-gun, but who will actively use the office to defend the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners."

That's a nice quote, but the actions back it up here. Issuing guidance to law enforcement not to arrest people for open carry, then pulling his office out of defending the prosecutions — that's not a press release, that's actual exposure. Most elected officials won't go near that kind of risk.

The HOA firearm restriction angle is the part I'd keep an eye on. We don't have the same density issues Idaho does, but the trend is real — developments write firearm storage and carry restrictions into CC&Rs and then enforce them like law. Seeing a state AG push back on that at a structural level is uncommon.

For those of you who carry in Florida or travel through — have you run into any open-carry confusion on the ground since the McDaniels ruling, or has local law enforcement mostly sorted out the new guidance?

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