State Representative Doctor Joel Rudman has filed a bill to allow guns to be openly carried in Florida and repeal the state's "red flag

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Florida Republicans Sen. Randy Fine and Rep. Joel Rudman are doubling down on the Second Amendment as they prepare to resign to run for newly emptied congressio

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.

Gun Rights or Public Safety? That's the debate sparked by House Bill 31, a controversial bill filed Monday in the Florida Panhandle.

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.

In part, Florida's red flag law allows law enforcement to restrict firearm & ammunition possession from a person who poses a danger to himself or herself or others.

Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.