Case Name: Jeremy Lee COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-01-04
Citations: 211 So. 3d 213
Docket Number: No. 4D15-4101
Parties: Jeremy Lee COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Warner And Gross, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 213–214

Head Matter:
Jeremy Lee COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D15-4101
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
January 4, 2017
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant challenges his conviction for unlicensed carrying of a concealed weapon, arguing that the statute prohibiting the unlicensed carrying of a concealed firearm is unconstitutional as violating the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. As he did not raise this challenge in the trial court, he is limited to a facial challenge to the statute. In a scholarly and historical review of the Second Amendment's application to concealed carry prohibitions, the Ninth Circuit in Peruta v. County of San Diego, 824 F.3d 919, 942 (9th Cir. 2016), held that the Second Amendment does not protect the carrying of concealed firearms by members of the general public. We agree with the court's analysis and conclude, therefore, that section 790.01(2), Florida Statutes (2014), which prohibits the unlicensed carrying of a concealed firearm, is facially constitutional.
Affirmed.
Warner And Gross, JJ., Concur.
Forst, J., Concurs in Result Only.