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Texas has decided to drop its effort to appeal an August 25, 2022, U.S. District Judge decision that found the state’s ban on 18-20 year-olds carrying guns in public unconstitutional.
WFAA reported that U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled against Texas’ law barring those under 21-years of age from carrying guns.
Pittman stayed the ruling for 30 days to give Texas an opportunity to appeal.
On September 27, 2022, the Texas Tribune noted that Texas Attorney General filed a notice of appeal and gun rights advocates immediately voiced opposition to the appeal.
On December 21, 2022, the Tribune pointed out that Texas dropped the appeal effort and “will no longer fight to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns 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.”