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.
Gov. DeSantis Signs Law That Bans Gun Regulation by Local Governments
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his office in Tallahassee, Fla., on April 1, 2021. Screenshot/Epoch Times
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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.