Third Circuit Nixes Gun Carry Ban for 18-to-20-Year-Olds (1)

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday blocked Pennsylvania from enforcing a trio of statutes that functionally prohibited young adults between the ages of 18 and 20 from carrying firearms during a state of emergency.

The Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police argued that adults in that age group aren’t considered part of “the people” to which the Second Amendment of the US Constitution applies, and therefore the gun owners’ challenge failed at the first step of an analysis the US Supreme Court laid out in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen. The court ...