Appeals Court Strikes Down Minnesota Gun Carry Ban for Young Adults

The decision is built on the Supreme Court’s latest framework for examining firearms laws.
Appeals Court Strikes Down Minnesota Gun Carry Ban for Young Adults
A customer shops for a pistol in Tinley Park, Ill., on Dec. 17, 2012. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Minnesota’s regulations that prohibit adults younger than 21 from carrying firearms are unconstitutional, a federal appeals court has ruled.

On July 16, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit unanimously sided with three 18-to-20-year-old Minnesotans who sued to overturn the state’s carry permit rule, which has been in place since 2003.