Florida could be the latest state to do away with concealed carry gun permits and allow people to openly carry firearms.Carey Baker owns AW Peterson gun shop in Mt. Dora.He's also a Republican former lawmaker who often debated Florida's law that currently requires a license to carry a concealed firearm.Lake County Republican Representative Anthony Sabatini has filed a bill that would allow those who can legally possess guns to do so without a permit. The bill would also allow gun owners to open carry, which means they would be visible and allowed in most public places. More than 30 states currently have some form of open carry. Baker said the visibility of a firearm is a crime deterrent and improves public safety. “And where that's occurring now, no problems at all. None whatsoever,” Baker said. “So the whole fear of a wild, wild west and people being scared or increased crime — none of that is true and in fact just the opposite,” Baker said.Even though the Sabatini Bill has no senate companion and is not scheduled to be heard in committee, Senate President Wilton Simpson has said he supports the measure.“What I would say is that if a constitutional carry bill were to make it to the Senate floor, I would vote yes,” Simpson said.Gov. Ron DeSantis has also indicated he supports it.“I am vehemently opposed to it,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.Mina, a Democrat, calls the idea of open carry dangerous, especially when you consider the more than 70 million tourists who visit Central Florida every year.“We already have too many guns on the street. I'm real concerned about those day-to-day interactions with people who get into disagreements and arguments,” Mina said. “And I don't think it's a good idea for the general public just to be walking around with a firearm on their side.”