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TX: Texas will fight to block 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns
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Texas is gearing up to fight a judge’s ruling that the state can’t ban adults under 21 from carrying handguns, a surprising move that’s drawing anger from some gun rights groups.
Last week, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed a notice of an appeal of the ruling on behalf of the Texas Department of Public Safety. It came almost a month after U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, issued the original ruling on Aug. 25, writing that the Second Amendment protects all adults’ right to bear arms without an age limit. |
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I expect better from you, Texas.
Either the age of majority is 18 or it is 21. If you want to restrict the rights of 18-20 year olds because you think they are not mature enough to handle them, then by your estimation, they are not adults, and should be minors until 21. They would be unable to live on their own, unable to sign contracts and have them be binding, unable to join the military of their own volition (they'll love that), unable to vote, all that kind of thing.
So what is it, Texas? What is the age when a person is mature enough to handle adulthood?
We never should have entered into the two-step phase-in of adulthood,with the main one being 18 and the one that allows drinking (and now smoking) at 21. |
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