The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had allowed residents in Pennsylvania between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry firearms in public during states of emergencies, telling a federal appeals court to reconsider the case.
The Supreme Court did not explain its ruling, and there were no dissents.
The two-sentence decision by the high court that the justices indicated they would not take up the appeal by Pennsylvania state officials who sought overturn the lower court’s ruling. Instead, the justices ordered the case to be remanded back to the lower courts.
Under the Uniform Firearms Act, Pennsylvania bars individuals aged 18 to 20 from openly carrying guns in public during a declared state of emergency. A lawsuit was filed against the state over the law, with lawyers for the petitioners saying that the state law did not adhere to U.S. traditions and norms under the Supreme Court’s decision on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen….