A federal judge on Friday struck down a Minnesota law requiring a person to be at least 21 before obtaining a permit to carry a handgun in public, finding it violated the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The state's 21-year age minimum, enacted as part of a 2003 gun control law, had been challenged in a 2021 lawsuit by three gun rights groups - Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, Firearms Policy Coalition and Second Amendment Foundation - and three individuals.
The office of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, and the state's Department of Public Safety, which is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Their case was bolstered last June when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. The court also found that any limits on gun rights must be in line with the nation's historical tradition of gun regulation.
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