Federal judge strikes down Minnesota law banning 18-20-year-olds from obtaining guns

[2DogsBarking]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fed...ng-gun-permits

A federal judge on Friday struck down a Minnesota law that prohibits adults age 18-20 from obtaining permits to carry handguns in public.

Assisted by gun-rights advocacy groups, three individuals who were under 21 challenged a 2003 state law that enacted an age requirement to apply for a permit to carry a pistol. They argued that the law unconstitutionally prohibited young adults from exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

In a 50-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Menendez agreed. Relying on the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, the judge concluded that Minnesota's law was unconstitutional and blocked the state from enforcing it.

"Based on a careful review of the record, the court finds that defendants have failed to identify analogous regulations that show a historical tradition in America of depriving 18- to 20-year-olds the right to publicly carry a handgun for self-defense," Menendez wrote. "As a result, the age requirement prohibiting persons between the ages of 18 and 20 from obtaining such a permit to carry violates the Second Amendment."

[John_Wick]

The way things are going we're going to be split into districts/zones like some dystopian novel at some point in the future.

[EFK]

Yep. And some of us will be very well-armed. And some won't.

[ImminentDanger]

Relying on the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, the judge concluded that Minnesota's law was unconstitutional and blocked the state from enforcing it.

It's good to see the SCOTUS Bruen ruling beginning to reign down on the lower court outcomes.

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[Walleye Hunter]

The way things are going we're going to be split into districts/zones like some dystopian novel at some point in the future.

It's not happening fast enough for my liking. I'd love to see which society thrived and which one withered.

[Guns and Watches]

The way things are going we're going to be split into districts/zones like some dystopian novel at some point in the future.

Yeah it does look like that's the way things will turn out.