Madison Lara v. Commissioner PA State Police
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · No. 21-1832
👍Favorable to gun rights
the panel ruling striking the under-21 emergency carry ban was left in place when rehearing was denied
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What the court held
Eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds and gun-rights organizations challenged Pennsylvania's statutory scheme barring that age group from carrying firearms in public during a declared statewide emergency. A panel held the prohibition unconstitutional based on Founding-era sources, and the Third Circuit denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. Judge Krause dissented from the denial, arguing the panel ignored nineteenth-century evidence supporting the law and that Pennsylvania should at least have been allowed to build a historical record on remand.
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What this case is about
Pennsylvania restrictions on public carry by 18-to-20-year-olds
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Key Dates
- 2025-01-13 — Decided
- 2023-06-29 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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