US Judge Strikes Down TX Gun Ban , for Adults Under 21 Following Supreme Court Ruling.<br />NBC News reports that on Aug. 25, Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth overrode the state's ban on 18- to 20-year-olds carrying handguns.<br />Previously, the Texas statute made it so that young adults under 21 who were not currently in the military could not have a handgun in public.<br />In 2021, the Firearms Policy Coalition challenged the statute, saying it violated the Second Amendment. .<br />Texas cannot point to a single <br />Founding Era law that prohibited 18-to-20-year-olds from carrying a functional firearm for self-defense, because not only did no such law exist, .., Cody J. Wisniewski, coalition's Senior Attorney <br />for Constitutional Litigation, via statement.<br />... but those individuals are an important reason why we have a Bill of Rights in the first place. And young people have just as much a right to keep and bear arms in public as adults over the age of 21, Cody J. Wisniewski, coalition's Senior Attorney <br />for Constitutional Litigation, via statement.<br />In June of this year, SCOTUS struck down a <br />NY law restricting who could carry a gun outside their home.<br />CNN reports that the ruling expanded concealed carry rights <br />and exposed gun laws to more aggressive challenges.<br />Judge Pittman cited the ruling <br />when delivering his own decision.<br />writing that “the undisputed historical evidence establishes that 18-to-20-year-olds were understood to be a part of the militia in the Founding Era.”.<br />The ruling will go into effect in 30 days <br />unless Texas appeals the decision.
