Pennsylvania Court Upholds Right of Young People to Carry Guns in Public

‘Finally, the court has said 18-to-20-year-olds can open carry during a state of emergency in Pennsylvania.’ A Pennsylvania appeals court has denied a petition to rehear a Pennsylvania case that challenged statutes prohibiting young adults from carrying firearms for self-defense and from acquiring a license to carry a firearm. The appeals court’s decision to deny the petition by the defendant—the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police—to rehear the case means it was standing by the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals that the defendant’s position—that the three young...