College students aged 18–20 are now getting Texas concealed handgun permits to carry firearms for self-defense on campuses and in businesses around the Lone Star State.
CNN reported District Court Judge Mark Pittman’s August 25, 2022, decision striking down the state’s ban on 18–20-year-olds carrying guns in public for self-defense.
Pittman referenced the Supreme Court of the United States’ New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) in his decision.
Breitbart News noted that on December 21, 2022, Texas ceased efforts to appeal the decision. The Texas Tribune pointed out that Texas dropped the appeal effort and “will no longer fight to ban 18–20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public.”
The Dallas Morning News observed that 18–20-year-olds are now applying for concealed carry handgun permits in order to carry firearms for self-defense on college campuses and in businesses around Texas.
Michael Cargill of Central Texas Gun Works indicated that 19-year-olds have attended his concealed carry classes and he expects the number of 18–20-year-olds in attendance to grow.
Cargill said, “As more people find out, there’s going to be an influx.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a PhD in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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