A state Lawmaker planning a congressional bid in Northwest Florida has filed a bill to repeal a controversial state statute that drew a line in the sand on who

Navarre’s Republican Rep. Joel Rudman filed the legislation (HB 31) Monday that also would repeal the state’s Red Flag law—a mechanism that lets law enforcement remove guns from people who are found to be a danger to themselves or others.

State Rep. Joel Rudman, who is running for Congress in a special election, filed a bill Monday to allow guns to be carried openly in public.