The Lone Star State has finally given up on its campaign to forbid young adults from openly carrying weapons. Texas’ law prohibiting those between the ages of 18 and 20 from owning firearms was declared illegal by a U.S. District Judge in August. The state ultimately decided not to appeal the decision.
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Judge Pittman overturned Texas’ legislation that forbade people under 21 from carrying weapons in a decision that granted young American gun lovers the freedom to bear arms.
Texas was given 30 days by Judge Pittman to consider their options before they could appeal the judge’s ruling.
On a day that will undoubtedly go down in Texas history, the attorney general appealed to maintain the freedom to bear arms. However, opponents of the measure who are adamant about upholding their Second Amendment rights have resisted it fiercely.
The Tribune reported on December 21, 2022, that Texas had given up on its appeal and “would no longer battle to bar 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying pistols in public.”
The Firearms Policy Coalition’s senior attorney for constitutional litigation, Cory J. Wisniewski, commented on Texas’s decision to drop its appeal: “We applaud Texas for doing the right thing and accepting the district court’s ruling against its law prohibiting 18-to-20-year-old adults from carrying firearms in public. Young adults have the same constitutionally protected right to bear arms as all other adults.”
