Texas judge who believes in 2nd Amendment freedumbs makes ruling that there no longer a minimum age to carry a handgun in the state.

[Amol S.]

A super conservative Texas federal judge has declared today, that the Texas law placing a minimum age of 21 to carry a firearm, as a violation of the second amendment and thus unconstitutional. The judge claims that nothing in the second amendment, talks about a minimum age or any age at all.

Judge Strikes Down Texas Law Barring Adults Under 21 From Carrying Handguns (Published 2022)

The federal judge ruled that the Second Amendment, “as informed by Founding-era history and tradition,” did not exclude 18- to 20-year-olds from the right to carry handguns.

www.nytimes.com

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional

spectrumlocalnews.com

Something tells me that something bad is going to start happening Texas. Abott keeps saying that he is making Texas safer. I personally do not think allowing underaged kids carrying handguns makes Texas safer.

 

[kitkat22]

Hmm, I think my 7yo autistic child should get a handgun for Christmas. What can go wrong?

 

[K1052]

They should make tiny handguns they can insert into the uterus since the fetus is a person now with all the accompanying rights.

 

[conehead433]

I think that "a super conservative Texas federal judge" should be removed from the bench as at least one of his rulings would endanger the lives of everyone.

 

[BoomerD]

Well...he's right. There's absolutely NOTHING in the US Constitution that forbids firearms in the hands of minors...does it make good sense? Fuck no...

I'll just wait for the uptick in shootings by minors in Tex-Ass. (not that it doesn't already happen, especially in...gang related shit)

 

[NWRMidnight]

Well...he's right. There's absolutely NOTHING in the US Constitution that forbids firearms in the hands of minors ...does it make good sense? Fuck no...

I'll just wait for the uptick in shootings by minors in Tex-Ass. (not that it doesn't already happen, especially in...gang related shit)

Which means it falls to the legislative branch, federal of state (most likely state). If age not being specified in the constitution, means there can be no age restrictions, then we have thousands of laws on the books that are unconstitutional starting with the age of majority (the age of adult hood, which is actually left up to the individual states to set, where most have them set at 18), as there is no mention of age of majority in the constitution. In fact the only age restrictions in the constitution, that I am aware of, are for voting (age of 18), House (age of 25), Senate (age 30), and President (age 35). I think this judge and many other's are forgetting the purpose of the legislative branch (federal and state), and the powers the constitution grants them.

edit:
Actually, the right to restrict age to 18 years of age, may fall under the 26th amendment:

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Section 1
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. <--------- here

 

[HomerJS]

A super conservative Texas federal judge has declared today, that the Texas law placing a minimum age of 21 to carry a firearm, as a violation of the second amendment and thus unconstitutional. The judge claims that nothing in the second amendment, talks about a minimum age or any age at all.

Judge Strikes Down Texas Law Barring Adults Under 21 From Carrying Handguns (Published 2022)

The federal judge ruled that the Second Amendment, “as informed by Founding-era history and tradition,” did not exclude 18- to 20-year-olds from the right to carry handguns.

www.nytimes.com

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional

spectrumlocalnews.com

Something tells me that something bad is going to start happening Texas. Abott keeps saying that he is making Texas safer. I personally do not think allowing underaged kids carrying handguns makes Texas safer.

This doesn’t apply to black people. Just ask the family of Tamir Rice

 

[UNCjigga]

Gonna be a whole lot of white Tamir Rices in Texas...nah who am I kidding?

 

[BoomerD]

This doesn’t apply to black people. Just ask the family of Tamir Rice

I keep tellin ya...just stop being black ..problem solved.

 

[Moonbeam]

I think a real improvement in the quality of law could be achieved by allowing 7 years olds to become Federal Judges.

 

[Zorba]

Well...he's right. There's absolutely NOTHING in the US Constitution that forbids firearms in the hands of minors...does it make good sense? Fuck no...

I'll just wait for the uptick in shootings by minors in Tex-Ass. (not that it doesn't already happen, especially in...gang related shit)

Well, considering this is a federal ruling, I am sure we can expect this to nation wide soon. At some point I think the executives are going to have to just start ignoring bullshit court rulings. This new interpretation of the Second amendment is just complete horse shit.

 

[MrSquished]

I hope he gets shot by a 16 year old

 

[ivwshane]

There is an extreme irony in the fact that a state, trying to protect itself and its citizens, is not allowed to do that due to the 2nd amendment.

The irony being that the 2nd was supposed to allow the states to protect themselves.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; democracy enforced by a gun is not democracy, its authoritarianism.

These idiot right wingers and gun nutters are creating a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

[HomerJS]

I keep tellin ya...just stop being black ..problem solved.

I’m working on it

 

[BoomerD]

I’m working on it

I keep trying to convince my grandson it would make his life easier...

 

[pmv]

The Constitution doesn't seem to specify 'adults', either. Just says "the people". What does that mean, though? "The people"? Not "citizens", or "adult citizens", or even "people", but "the people"? The definite article seems to make it a collective entity. Does that mean you all get to share guns between you and decide among yourselves who gets to pull the trigger? And does "the people" include toddlers?

The Framers really should have put more effort into being precise about how they worded things.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

LOL that article talking about Uvalde parents holding a rally at the state capitol pushing for making rifle purchases illegal for those under 21 when Uvalde is a rightwing town that voted for this extremist shit. The nazi trump won by 22 points there in 2020.

 

[Lezunto]

This is the judge's idea of a "well-regulated militia?" Teenagers carrying guns in the open?

 

[tweaker2]

This is the judge's idea of a "well-regulated militia?" Teenagers carrying guns in the open?

Naw man, Texas saw how those civil wars in Africa featured pre-teen and adolescent children armed with AK's and RPG's running around all over the place killing each other because they were from different factions and said "Now this is how a militia was meant to be because the Constitution never said it couldn't be that way."

 

[TheVrolok]

The Constitution doesn't seem to specify 'adults', either. Just says "the people". What does that mean, though? "The people"? Not "citizens", or "adult citizens", or even "people", but "the people"? The definite article seems to make it a collective entity. Does that mean you all get to share guns between you and decide among yourselves who gets to pull the trigger? And does "the people" include toddlers?

The Framers really should have put more effort into being precise about how they worded things.

Unfortunately, they anticipated their legislative descendants would be reasonable people, but, they are far from it.

 

[soundforbjt]

The Constitution doesn't seem to specify 'adults', either. Just says "the people". What does that mean, though? "The people"? Not "citizens", or "adult citizens", or even "people", but "the people"? The definite article seems to make it a collective entity. Does that mean you all get to share guns between you and decide among yourselves who gets to pull the trigger? And does "the people" include toddlers?

The Framers really should have put more effort into being precise about how they worded things.

The Framers never anticipated the Republican Party.

 

[hal2kilo]

The Constitution doesn't seem to specify 'adults', either. Just says "the people". What does that mean, though? "The people"? Not "citizens", or "adult citizens", or even "people", but "the people"? The definite article seems to make it a collective entity. Does that mean you all get to share guns between you and decide among yourselves who gets to pull the trigger? And does "the people" include toddlers?

The Framers really should have put more effort into being precise about how they worded things.

White men. Who else?

 

[ElFenix]

This is the judge's idea of a "well-regulated militia?" Teenagers carrying guns in the open?

well-regulated doesn't mean regulations!

 

[Lezunto]

I know it's unrelated, but since we're on guns ...

Ethan Miller, Bend Safeway Shooter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Ethan Miller was identified as the active shooter who killed two people at a Safeway grocery store in Bend, Oregon.

heavy.com

 

[Ken g6]

To think, I thought this was just a crazy cartoon when I saw it in the "and" thread: