{"id":101147,"date":"2024-04-04T17:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101147"},"modified":"2024-04-04T17:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:51:40","slug":"101147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101147","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

3rd Circuit Denies Rehearing In SAF Pennsylvania Gun Rights Victory.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u00a0denied<\/a>\u00a0a petition for a rehearing in the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s victory in a case challenging Pennsylvania statutes that prohibit law-abiding young adults from carrying firearms for self-defense and prevents them from acquiring a state license to carry (LTCF) because of their age. The case is known as\u00a0Lara v. Evanchick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The petition for an\u00a0en banc<\/em>\u00a0rehearing had been filed by attorneys representing the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. SAF is joined in the case by the Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens, including Madison M. Lara, for whom the case is named. They are represented by attorneys David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson and John D. Ohlendorf at Cooper & Kirk, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan explained, \u201cThe petition for rehearing filed by appellant in the above-entitled case having been submitted to the judges who participated in the decision of this Court and to all the other available circuit judges of the circuit in regular active service, and no judge who concurred in the decision having asked for rehearing, and a majority of the judges of the circuit in regular service not having voted for rehearing, the petition for rehearing by the panel and the Court en banc, is DENIED.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re satisfied with the court\u2019s decision,\u201d said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. \u201cIt\u2019s an important win. The Third Circuit has affirmed that the Second Amendment applies to young adults, and that 1791 is the historical marker for understanding the right to keep and bear arms. Finally, the court has said 18-to-20-year-olds can open carry during a state of emergency in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been fighting this battle for more than three years,\u201d noted SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut, who is a Pennsylvania resident and practicing attorney in the state. \u201cThe court\u2019s decision is an important step forward to getting this issue resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3rd Circuit Denies Rehearing In SAF Pennsylvania Gun Rights Victory. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals\u00a0denied\u00a0a petition for a rehearing in the Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s victory in a case challenging Pennsylvania statutes that prohibit law-abiding young adults from carrying firearms for self-defense and prevents them from acquiring a state license to carry (LTCF) because … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101148,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101147\/revisions\/101148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}