Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc v. McCraw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION FIREARMS POLICY COALITION, INC. ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. No. 4:21-cv-1245-P STEVEN C. MCCRAW, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ET AL., Defendants. OPINION & ORDER The Second Amendment protects the right of “the people” to keep and bear arms for self-defense.1 Yet Texas prohibits law-abiding 18-to-20- year-olds from carrying a handgun for self-defense outside the home. Does the Second Amendment allow this blanket prohibition? BACKGROUND Texas generally makes it…