Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Pennsylvania Law Allowing People Between 18 and 21 to Carrying Guns

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had allowed residents in Pennsylvania between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry firearms in public during states of emergencies, telling a federal appeals court to reconsider the case. The Supreme Court did not explain its ruling, and there were no dissents. The two-sentence ruling by the high court signaled that the justices would not take up an appeal by Pennsylvania state officials, ordering that the issue be remanded back to the lower courts. Earlier in 2024, the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the state law in a divided, 2–1 decision. The majority of judges ruled that Pennsylvania wasn’t able to show that the age-21 requirement kept up with historic traditions or norms, a legal test that was established for gun-related laws under the Supreme Court’s landmark New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen decision in June 2022....