The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit refused on Wednesday to rehear the case that overturned Minnesota’s ban on issuing concealed carry permits to 18-20-year-olds.
In July, Breitbart News noted that a three-judge panel for the Eighth Circuit struck down the ban after weighing it in light of Bruen (2022).
The three judges were George W. Bush appointee Lavenski Smith, George W. Bush appointee Duane Benton, and Donald Trump appointee David Stras.
The case is Worth v. Harrington, and, on August 21, 2024, the Second Amendment Foundation announced that the Eighth Circuit denied a request to rehear it and a request to hear the case en banc.
The plaintiffs in the case were the Second Amendment Foundation, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus.
Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb commented on the Eighth Circuit’s refusal to rehear the case, saying:
We are gratified by the Eight Circuit’s decision, and now we will see whether Minnesota submits a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court. For the time being, we have notched another victory in our ongoing effort to win firearms freedom one lawsuit at a time.
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