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Starting Monday, Floridians will once again be able to apply for a concealed carry permit online and the Department of Agriculture will open its first regional licensing branch since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture closed all nine of its Division of Licensing branches and suspended online concealed carry applications in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it is time for the next step,\u201d said Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fried announced the regional licensing office in the state capital will be the first to open its doors and online applications will resume starting next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe’re going to continue with a cautious methodical plan for reopening and we will announce additional offices in the weeks to come,\u201d said Fried.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-60556 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow00000002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000002-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000002-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow00000001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>But Jeff Hinkle, who helped coordinate a pending lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture alleges the Department\u2019s actions during the pandemic violated Floridians\u2019 2nd Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are required in the Florida state law to actually provide these services such as finger printing etcetera and it doesn’t give any options to not do it. It says you have to do it,\u201d said Hinkle.<\/p>\n<p>Fried said Thursday the decision to reopen was her own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly as an attorney do not follow the whims of a frivolous lawsuit on our decision and policy making,\u201d said Fried.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-60556 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow00000004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000004-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000004-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow00000003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000003-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000003-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/06\/11\/licensing-offices-to-begin-reopening-concealed-carry-lawsuit-still-in-play\/concealed-carry-follow00000005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000005-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000005-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Concealed-Carry-follow00000005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Despite the closures the Department renewed and issued 84,000 licenses since March 1st.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s down about 30 percent from the same time last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hinkle said the statistics are proof Floridians have had a more difficult time applying for concealed carry permits, given record setting gun sales this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBackground checks in March just for Florida were 192,000. 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