Sean Caranna founded the Florida Open Carry Movement immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment applied to state and local law on June 28th 2010.
Six months later, Florida Carry, Inc. was born of a necessity to expand the original mission of Florida Open Carry to include firearms preemption enforceability, campus carry, knife rights, and other issues facing law-abiding gun and defensive weapons carriers. He has dedicated himself to reforming Florida's gun, knife, and self-defense laws to protect the ownership and possession of defensive arms by law-abiding citizens.

 

In 2012 Mr. Caranna was awarded the Second Amendment Foundation's "Defender of Liberty" Award

"My solemn oath, sworn before god, to protect and defend the Constitution had no expiration date." Says Mr. Caranna, "I am bound by my oath to do whatever I can to protect today's most widely abused individual right, the right to bear arms. My sworn duty to our cherished Bill of Rights demands it."

Mr. Caranna spent eight years in the U.S. Army as an Infantry NCO, including active duty service in Europe, Bosnia, and South America; he also served in the Florida Army National Guard. 

Mr. Caranna has been accepted as an expert witness in Florida courts on issues relating to firearms laws and legislation, small arms, and defensive tactics.

Sean is an active NRA Certified Firearms Instructor and former small arms tactical and combat vehicle gunnery trainer for a US defense contractor.

Since leaving the military he has worked primarily in the computer imaging, simulation, and health care information-technology fields.

Sean is also an avid private pilot, who enjoys the outdoors, and has been with his wife Cindy since 1999.

 

Mr. Caranna is a founder and Executive Director of Florida Carry, Inc.

Richard Nascak is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, who originally hails from notoriously gun-unfriendly New Jersey. Rich has a unique perspective on freedom and individual rights as he was stationed in West Berlin, Germany from 1983 through 1990 and was present during the fall of the infamous Berlin wall. He personally witnessed the oppression of a citizenry by its government under color of law.

 

Rich has been on the forefront of the campaign to hold local governments to task with regards to the state preemption statute. He has also taken up the cause of open carry and can be seen as host of the Fort Myers area open carry/fishing events. Rich is an NRA Certified RSO and Firearms Instructor.

 

Rich has been married to his beautiful wife Jean for 29 years, and they reside in Lehigh Acres.

 

Mr. Nascak is a founder and Executive Director of Florida Carry, Inc.

Robb Allen is a computer programmer, runs the popular gun blog, Sharp as a Marble, and has been an active voice in the gun rights community. During his time in the Marine Corps, Robb was an aviation electrician who worked on F/A-18's, Cobra and Huey Helicopters. Robb lives at home with his wife and two girls who he hopes will eventually join him at the range.

 

Robb is passionate about the human right to self defense and takes pride in his commitment to fight for Floridian's right to keep and bear arms.

 

Mr. Allen is Florida Carry's Webmaster and Media Director

James Dykes is a retired U.S. Army officer with more than 21 years of service including deployments to Croatia, Bosnia, Kuwait, and Iraq. He also served as an enlisted military policeman and spent over two years in Virginia as a civilian law enforcement officer.

 

Since leaving the military, Jim serves as a Program Manager for a defense contractor in the areas of military simulation and training systems. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Old Dominion University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University.

 

Jim has had a concealed weapons license for the past 14 years (from the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida) and is an avid supporter of 2nd Amendment rights, especially within the state of Florida. Jim currently lives in Oviedo, Florida with his beautiful wife, Shannon, and their son, Carter.

 

Mr. Dykes is Florida Carry's Secretary

 Eric Savinon is a former wireless communications specialist and a photographer.

In 2010, after coming across Florida Carry Inc.’s website (and learning what the organization’s goal was) Eric immediately became interested in joining the movement in order to do his part in the protection & expansion of our Second Amendment Rights.

Since becoming a member, he has been proactive in his community; educating others (including friends & family) on the importance of preserving our right to “keep and bear arms.”
As one of our original grass-roots activists, Eric coordinated and began hosting Florida Carry Inc.’s monthly Open-Carry event for the South Miami area. The first event was held November 12^th 2011 at Black Point Marina.

Eric has been a concealed weapon license holder for the past 11 years and is an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor and RSO (Range Safety Officer).

Currently, Eric lives in Homestead with his wife Jazmin of 15 years (who is also a concealed weapon license holder and an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor and RSO).

Mr. Savinon is Florida Carry's Volunteer Coordinator