Gov. DeSantis Signs Law That Bans Gun Regulation by Local Governments

Local government legal representatives filed a motion last month asking the 1st District Court of Appeal to transfer primary points in the case to the Supreme Court, two weeks after the Tallahassee-based appeals court upheld the 2011 law’s constitutionality.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his office in Tallahassee, Fla., on April 1, 2021. Screenshot/Epoch Times

Amidst local governments’ legal battle with the State of Florida over a gun law, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would expand the prohibition on local firearm regulations.

The bill, known as Senate Bill 1884, was signed on May 7 and will take effect on July 1.