Texas has withdraw an appeal aimed at fighting a lower court decision that ruled it is unconstitutional to prevent 18 to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns.
A federal judge ruled earlier this year that a state law banning young adults from publicly carrying handguns is unconstitutional. The state no longer plans to appeal that ruling.
The Biden administration has decided to appeal the restoration of Second Amendment rights to those under restraining orders to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
District Judge David Counts, who serves in the western district of Texas, ruled it was unconstitutional to take gun rights away from people under a protective order.
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