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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a new federal lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’s ban that prevents 18-20-year-old adults from acquiring, possessing, or carrying handguns and semiautomatic firearms. The complaint in Escher v. Noble can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/escher.
“Adults between the ages of 18 and 20 are part of ‘the people,’ and there is no historical tradition of limiting the firearms rights of adults on account of their age,” states the complaint. “And as for the types of firearms that Massachusetts forbids them from owning, much less carrying, there can be no dispute that they qualify as ‘arms’ within the ‘plain text’ meaning of the Second Amendment. Handguns and semiautomatic firearms are, in fact, the most popular types of firearms in the country today, and there is no Founding-era historical tradition of banning commonly owned firearms.”
“We are proud to take on another immoral age-based ban and look forward to eliminating these laws throughout the United States,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “As the federal government and other states have found out in our litigation, this unconstitutional gun control scheme cannot survive scrutiny.”
The Escher case is part of FPC’s high-impact strategic litigation program, FPC Law, aimed at eliminating immoral laws and creating a world of maximal liberty. FPC is joined in the litigation by one FPC member as well as Gun Owners’ Action League, Commonwealth Second Amendment, the Second Amendment Foundation, the National Rifle Association, and Gun Owners of America. FPC thanks FPC Action Foundation for its strategic support of this FPC Law case.
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit membership organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. We work to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. Our FPC Law program (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. Individuals who want to support FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional laws can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org or make a donation at firearmspolicy.org/donate. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, visit FPCLegal.org and follow FPC on Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, and YouTube.
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