Last week U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings in Lubbock threw out a lawsuit brought by the NRA and some individual plaintiffs in Jennings v. McCraw that challenged the Texas gun law which prohibited non-military personnel under 21 years of age from obtaining a concealed handgun license. LubbockOnline.com:
In Thursday’s order, Cummings cited appellate-court precedent, stating it was unclear whether the Second Amendment protects the possession of handguns for other than defensive use in the home.
Cummings also wrote of how Texas’ gun laws were more permissive, actually, than what the Supreme Court addressed in the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision, which stated the Second Amendment was an individual protection of one’s right to defend one’s home. ...
He declined to expand the meaning of the Second Amendment beyond what the Supreme Court has previously recognized.
He was referring to District of Columbia v. Heller, but not everyone agrees that the Heller ruling was confined to guns in the home, the NRA for one. And the NRA is off to the 5th circuit to appeal.
Yeah, I think the government should be more strict in giving licensed to guns especially to the young people. There should be a thorough screening and scrutinization as to the purpose of obtaining one.
Posted by: Armor Plates | January 27, 2012 at 04:11 AM