Federal judge says Texas can’t ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns

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A federal court docket in Fort Price on Thursday struck down a Texas prohibition that restricted adults underneath 21 from carrying handguns.

Texas regulation bars most 18- to 20-year-olds within the state from acquiring a license to hold a handgun or carrying a handgun for self-defense exterior their properties. Two plaintiffs, who fall inside that age vary, and the Firearms Coverage Coalition Inc. filed a lawsuit in opposition to the state to problem the statute.

“Primarily based on the Second Modification’s textual content, as knowledgeable by Founding-Period historical past and custom, the Court docket concludes that the Second Modification protects in opposition to this prohibition,” U.S. District Choose Mark Pittman wrote within the ruling.

The order is not going to go into fast impact. Pittman stayed the ruling for 30 days pending attraction.

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