Texas drops fight to prevent 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public
Texas will no longer fight to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public.
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Texas will no longer fight to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public.
Texas has withdraw an appeal aimed at fighting a lower court decision that ruled it is unconstitutional to prevent 18 to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns.
A federal judge ruled earlier this year that a state law banning young adults from publicly carrying handguns is unconstitutional. The state no longer plans to appeal that ruling.
Infringing on the Second Amendment may be fun and games in the short-term, but will result in assaults on the rest of the Bill of Rights in the long-term.
A Texas federal judge declared it was unconstitutional to disarm someone who is under a protective order, setting into motion a likely legal fight over who can possess firearms.