Petition of the day
By Mary Pat Dwyer
on Feb 11, 2014
The petition of the day is:
13-390
Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense in case of confrontation includes the right to bear arms in public; (2) Whether that right to bear arms extends to responsible, law-abiding 18-to-20-year-old adults; and (3) whether Texass ban on responsible, lawabiding 18-to-20-year-old adults bearing handguns in public for self-defense violates the Second Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: National Rifle Association of America v. McCraw
Recommended Citation:
Mary Pat Dwyer,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Feb. 11, 2014, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/02/petition-of-the-day-551/