A Florida appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the state’s ban on concealed carry by adults aged 18 to 20 violates the Second Amendment. The three-judge panel of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Broward County unanimously ruled against the law, which was passed in 1987. LEGAL ALERT: A Florida appeals court has ruled that the state’s law prohibiting 18-20-year-olds from applying for carry permits violates the Second Amendment. https://t.co/ZtScg5dVpl pic.twitter.com/MJLc1bX1fz — Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) June 17, 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier celebrated the ruling. “In another win for the unalienable rights of Floridians, the 4th DCA agreed with our position that Florida’s law banning adults under 21 from conceal carrying a firearm is unconstitutional. We will not seek further review and will work with @FDACS to implement the court’s order,” Uthmeier said. In another win for the unalienable rights of Floridians, the 4th DCA agreed with our position that Florida’s law banning adults under 21 from conceal carrying a firearm is unconstitutional. We will not seek further review and will work with @FDACS to implement the court's order. — Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) June 17, 2026 More from The New York Times: Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, a two-term Republican, lawmakers and court rulings have made it easier to carry guns in Florida. In 2023, Mr. DeSantis signed a law that eliminated the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Law-abiding Floridians have been able to openly carry firearms since 2025, when a state appeals court in Tallahassee ruled that a previous ban on the practice violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Some of the few new gun restrictions in the state’s recent history were passed in 2018, following the massacre of 17 students and staff members at a high school in Parkland, Fla. They included raising the minimum age for all gun purchases from 18 to 21, and mandating a three-day waiting period for prospective gun buyers. The Florida House has repeatedly tried to roll back the age restriction for the purchase of long guns, with Mr. DeSantis’s support, but the State Senate did not go along. The case stemmed from the 2024 arrest of an 18-year-old for carrying a concealed firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm. Although the individual attempted to dismiss the concealed carry charge, the trial court ruled that the age restrictions were constitutional. The individual pleaded no contest to the charges and reserved the right to appeal. Florida’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds carrying concealed weapons has been struck by a state appeals court, leaning on the Second Amendment and support from the state’s top cop. https://t.co/LytRVqVbWw — Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) June 17, 2026 Courthouse News Service shared further: The appellate decision cited a handful of U.S. Supreme Court and federal court decisions, including the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen and a 2024 federal appeals court decision that struck down Minnesota’s age restrictions on concealed carry. “Eighteen- to 20-year-olds can defend the country without restriction but can only utilize their Second Amendment right to self-defense with severe restrictions,” wrote Levine. “This burden on law-abiding 18- to 20-year-olds’ right to public carry — and specifically here concealed carry — which is not applicable to any other adults, is a burden that is facially unconstitutional as to 18- to 20-year-olds.” Thomas Cottone, the public defender for Eubanks, said the ruling was “even better than I had hoped.” “This will help in other motions I will file in other gun-related cases,” said Cottone, now in private practice. “There is some language in this order that will help with that.” In particular, Cottone said he is working on the constitutional defense of convictions of firearm possession by a felon in which the underlying charge is nonviolent. The post Republican Attorney General Announces HUGE Second Amendment Win appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.