Second Amendment Takes Another Hit!

18-20 year-olds lost a challenge to Texas' concealed carry law which requires reaching age 21. The judge concluded that the right doesn't extend beyond the home by conveniently ignoring the word "bear" in the Second Amendment (which means "carry"). It's obvious that the colonists at the battle of Lexington and Concord felt their rights were a little broader. Texas does not allow open-carry of handguns (except in very limited circumstances, such hunting, one's own home, etc.) The way I see it, the right to "keep" requires that a state allow some form or carrying, even if requiring a license and at least some minimum background check. I have mixed feelings on the age issues. If these young folks can enlist in the military and make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, it seems hypocritical to say that we can't trust them to get a license to carry (which requires a lot of other conditions, e.g, no felonies.) It seems like we're saying that your good enough to be cannon fodder but not good enough to exercise Second Amendment rights. Any African-American who foolshly thought the battle was over when they won in Brown v. Bd. of Education (1954) will understand what Second Amendment advocates are going through now. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, not any group's authoritarian bigotry.