{"id":1637796,"date":"2022-09-09T13:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637796"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:37:38","slug":"gun-rights-group-amends-lawsuit-to-lower-tennessee-constitutional-carry-age-to-18-after-texas-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-rights-group-amends-lawsuit-to-lower-tennessee-constitutional-carry-age-to-18-after-texas-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Rights Group Amends Lawsuit To Lower Tennessee Constitutional Carry Age To 18+ After Texas Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgun-rights-group-amends-lawsuit-to-lower-tennessee-constitutional-carry-age-to-18-after-texas-victory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/second-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun rights<\/a> group filed an amended complaint Wednesday in its lawsuit seeking to lower the age requirement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0constitutional carry law to adults age 18 and older.<\/p>\n<p>The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firearmspolicy.org\/fpc-amends-lawsuit-challenging-tennessee-young-adult-carry-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a> an amended complaint in its Tennessee lawsuit after winning a similar case in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> last month. FPC sued Tennessee last year after the state passed a law allowing residents age 21 and older to either open or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/concealed-carry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concealed carry<\/a> a handgun without a permit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State cannot carry its burden of proving the existence of \u2018a distinctly similar historical regulation\u2019 that burdened the right to bear arms in the same way and for the same reasons,\u201d FPC\u2019s amended <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/firearmspolicycoalition\/pages\/6079\/attachments\/original\/1662528791\/Bassett_v_Slatery_First_Amended_Complaint.pdf?1662528791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> says. \u201cInstead, the relevant historical evidence weighs heavily in favor of upholding the right to carry loaded handguns in public for 18-to-20-year-olds, just the same as for those who are 21 years and older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are squarely among \u2018the people\u2019 for whom the Second Amendment guarantees were created. They were not only allowed to keep and bear arms without any restriction but required to do so during the Founding era that shaped the liberties enshrined in the Amendment,\u201d the complaint says.<\/p>\n<p>On August 25, a federal judge in Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/08\/25\/federal-court-texas-21-handguns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck down<\/a> part of a state law barring adults ages 18 to 20 from carrying a handgun without a permit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the Second Amendment\u2019s text, as informed by Founding-Era history and tradition, the Court concludes that the Second Amendment protects against this prohibition,\u201d U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman wrote in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.texastribune.org\/media\/files\/1b5478d53ca94273f608f46c40f581fe\/Firearms-Policy-Coalition-v.-McCraw.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FPC Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack cited the Texas ruling in a statement about the updated Tennessee complaint. He said the Tennessee lawsuit gave the court the \u201copportunity\u201d to apply last year\u2019s Supreme Court decision in <em>New York State Rifle &#038; Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen<\/em> appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust two weeks ago in the FPC-led case Andrews v. McCraw, a federal district judge in Texas concluded that the Constitution demands the restoration of the right to bear arms to the young adults of that state,\u201d said FPC Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack. \u201cWith today\u2019s filing in Beeler, the Eastern District of Tennessee now has the opportunity to properly apply Bruen and reach the same conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Bruen<\/em>, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck down<\/a> a New York law requiring applicants for a permit to carry a handgun to demonstrate that they have a special need for self-defense in addition to other requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gun rights group filed an amended complaint Wednesday in its lawsuit seeking to lower the age requirement of Tennessee\u2019s\u00a0constitutional carry law to adults age 18 and older. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed an amended complaint in its Tennessee lawsuit after winning a similar case in Texas last month. 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