Worth v. Burton (8th Cir. 2024) struck down Minnesota's minimum age of 21 requirement for carry licenses:
Minnesota argues that 18 to 20-year-olds are not members of “the people” because at common law, individuals did not have rights until they turned 21 years old....
Ordinary, law-abiding, adult citizens that are 18 to 20-year-olds are members of the people because: (1) they are members of the political community under Heller’s “political community” definition; (2) the people has a fixed definition, though not fixed contents; (3) they are adults; and (4) the Second Amendment does not have a freestanding, extratextual dangerousness catchall.
You know, when every liberal had an "old enough to fight, old enough to vote" bumper sticker, I doubt many considered what granting citizenship to 18-20 year olds might eventually mean.
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