Norman v. State
Annotate this CaseDale Lee Norman was charged with open carrying of a weapon in violation of Fla. Stat. 790.053, Florida’s Open Carry Law. Section 790.053 permits individuals to carry firearms in public so long as the firearm is carried in a concealed manner. After the jury found Norman guilty of the sole count of openly carrying a firearm in violation of Florida’s Open Carry Law, the county court certified three questions to the Fourth District Court of Appeal regarding the constitutionality of the law. The Fourth District upheld Florida’s Open Carry Law under intermediate scrutiny. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the State has an important interest in regulating firearms as a matter of public safety, and Florida’s Open Carry Law is substantially related to this interest; and (2) therefore, Florida’s Open Carry Law violates neither the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution nor article I, section 8 of the Florida Constitution.
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