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Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Law Barring Adults Under 21 from Carrying Handguns

HeadlineAug 30, 2022

In Texas, a federal judge has struck down a state law that banned adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun, arguing the statute violated the Second Amendment. The ruling came just three months after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde — Texas’s deadliest school shooting. The lawsuit was filed last November by the Firearms Policy Coalition. 

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