Two Florida Senate committees have passed bills that would enable citizens with concealed carry permits to practice open carry and campus carry in the Sunshine State.As the Tampa Bay Times, Senate Bill 68 — sponsored by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker — allows concealed guns o …

TALLAHASSEE | People with concealed-weapons licenses would be able to openly display handguns in Florida and would be able to carry firearms on state college and university campuses, under measures approved by separate Senate committees Tuesday.One committee also supported a measure that might make …

TALLAHASSEE —Two Florida Senate committees advanced controversial proposals Tuesday that would make it easier for the 1.4 million Floridians with concealed-weapons permits — including more than 300,000 in South Florida — to carry guns openly in public and on college campuses and universities. The …

Gun-rights advocates, including the powerful National Rifle Association, suffered a rare setback in the Florida Legislature this year when a bill to lift the state ban on carrying concealed weapons on college and university campuses came up short.But the same House and Senate sponsors — Rep. Greg St …