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A Florida appellate panel ruled Wednesday that the Second Amendment barred the state from restricting concealed carry to those 21 and older.<\/p>\n

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Republican Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier drew ire from anti-Second Amendment groups after he declined to defend the law against a challenge raised by two public defenders in Broward County, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel reported in February. In an 18-page opinion, Judge Spencer D. Levine wrote for a unanimous panel that the Second Amendment was not a \u201csecond-class right.\u201d (RELATED: Blue State Acts As If Major SCOTUS 2A Decisions Don\u2019t Matter While Defending Semi-Auto Gun Ban)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe plain text of the Second Amendment covers the right of 18- to 20-year-olds to the public carry of firearms, which would include concealed carry as a manner of public carry,\u201d the in Eubanks v. Florida reads.<\/p>\n

Jalen Eubanks was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon after he told police he displayed the weapon to deter two men who were threatening him, the Sun-Sentinel reported. In the ruling, Levine noted that 18-year-olds were encouraged to enter the military, but were denied the right to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll those who reach the age of 18 are able, and encouraged, for example, to join the military to defend our country. Yet those very same law-abiding adults are burdened in their ability to exercise the same Second Amendment rights that other adults have,\u201d Levine wrote. \u201cEighteen- to 20-year-olds can defend the country without restriction but can only utilize their Second Amendment right to self-defense with severe restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis burden on law-abiding 18- to 20-year-olds\u2019 right to public carry\u2014and specifically here concealed carry\u2014which is not applicable to any other adults, is a burden that is facially unconstitutional as to 18- to 20-year-olds,\u201d Levine continued.<\/p>\n

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The appeals court became involved after conflicting rulings in lower courts in Broward County involving 19-year-olds who were carrying firearms, according to the Sun-Sentinel.<\/p>\n

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Uthmeier celebrated the ruling in a Wednesday post on X, saying he would not appeal the ruling but would instead move forward with applying it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn another win for the unalienable rights of Floridians, the 4th DCA agreed with our position that Florida\u2019s law banning adults under 21 from conceal carrying a firearm is unconstitutional,\u201d Uthmeier posted. \u201cWe will not seek further review and will work with @FDACS [Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services] to implement the court\u2019s order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation making Florida a \u201cconstitutional carry state\u201d in April 2023, which ended the requirement for a concealed carry permit for those who met certain criteria.<\/p>\n

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