AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.
A federal judge earlier this year declared the state firearm law unconstitutional. While the Department of Public Safety initially planned to fight the ruling, the state agency reversed course and on Tuesday withdrew its appeal.
The state offered no explanation in its legal filing. Neither DPS nor the attorney general’s office, which handled the case, responded to a request for comment.
