Posted on 04/16/2025 3:44:27 AM PDT by CFW
ATLANTA - Nearly 200 years of legal precedent should not apply to a 20-year-old man who wants to carry a gun, his lawyer argued before the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Thomas Stephens, who turns 21 next year, was denied a license to carry a handgun in public when he applied for one in Lumpkin County. He sued, and his case made it to the high court, which heard arguments by his lawyer and by the state attorney general's office. The state contends in a legal brief that the restrictions on adults under age 21 are "baked into the Georgia Constitution."
Stephens' lawsuit goes to the heart of one of the most contentious issues in America today: how to interpret gun rights under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It says, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." An introductory phrase has been a complicating factor, saying that a "well regulated Militia" is needed to secure a free state.
Georgia's constitution elaborates by saying that the legislature "shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne."
A lawyer from Attorney General Chris Carr's office argued that the state's age-based limitations date back to the Civil War era, when he said those under 21 were not subject to militia service.
(Excerpt) Read more at onlineathens.com ...
Again…old enough to fight for your country but…
“A lawyer from Attorney General Chris Carr’s office argued that the state’s age-based limitations date back to the Civil War era, when he said those under 21 were not subject to militia service.”
And if they cannot legally bear arms then military recruiters should also be barred from singing anyone under 21...
Oral arguments were yesterday. It’s just like onlineathens to not report on it until after the fact. They are bad about doing that.
Here is a video of the oral arguments (second video down on the page) if anyone is interested.
https://www.gasupreme.us/oa-april-15-2025/
Plaintiff Stephens’ attorney is John Monroe, probably one of the best 2nd Amendment rights attorneys in the state.
https://www.johnmonroelaw.com/
They can man a .50, get blown up but can’t buy beer of carry a weapon....... yeah, uh-huh. How about ONLY citizens that serve in the armed forces are allowed to carry weapons under the age of 21?
Chris was basically a do-nothing in The Steal of 2020. The grassroots of most of the county parties of the state is now full of MAGA Patriots who are keenly interested in election integrity and are highly suspicious of Kemp and Carr over their non-action, and who cannot stand Raffensberger.
This does not particularly help Carr with that group.
When does a 16 year old stop being a citizen of the USA?
License? Oh, the one mentioned in the 2nd amendment? 🤔
It was kinda weird joining the service at 17 but couldn’t drink beer or smoke. I stopped at a bar on leave one time, and they told me, if you’re old enough to serve, you’re old enough to drink. And gave me a beer on the house.
Yep. Same in the 80’s. If you are military the bartenders were always allowing the drinks to flow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJN850qHklw
Paul Hardcastle’s 19.
I had to post a remix because I would have to sign in to see the original video.
Anyway, average age of soldier in Vietnam was 19.
“Plaintiff Stephens’ attorney is John Monroe, probably one of the best 2nd Amendment rights attorneys in the state.”
Good. But it is about time to even up the legal odds across the board. No guns, gambling, or alcohol until 21 then no recruits until 21.
Something else that needs to happen that is not happening. Just because this is in Georgia doesn’t mean every firearm owner in the whole country should not care about this case and get involved too. This case will set precedent for all the other states too. Every firearm owner in the country should donate to this defense in mass. This would do two things. Make it harder for the state to try and break the Plaintiff, and make it very clear the whole nation actually cares about this one case.
We should have been doing this for decades now towards these cases. All these laws came from California because the Plaintiffs could not afford to beat the State in court. If we had financially supported these Plaintiffs in each of these cases in mass from national donors the State most likely would not have succeeded in the first place.
The “not my State, not my worry” was a huge mistake when it comes to firearms cases, especially all those that came out of Ca over the years. Because what one State wins all the other States end up adopting too. And they use the original case as precedent. So what happens in Georgia may very well end up happening in every State if we don’t start overwhelming these States with financial support for the Defense to beat these.
“Anyway, average age of soldier in Vietnam was 19.”
A lot lied and were under 18... I know a few who did.
I know.
I have a couple in my family that did.
They saw and did some stuff...
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