Legal Opinion
Natl Rifle Assn of America Inc v. Steven Mc
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 20, 2013No. 12-10091PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a constitutional challenge to Texas’s statutory scheme, which does not allow 18-20-year-old adults to carry handguns in public. We must hold that the state scheme withstands this challenge, because we are bound by a prior panel opinion of this court, NRA v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives, 700 F.3d 185 (5th Cir.2012) (hereinafter BATF).
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Statutory Framework
In 1871, the State of Texas first prohibited individuals from carrying handguns in public. The current version of this proscription, codified in…
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