The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) announced Monday a new federal lawsuit challenging Connecticut’s state law that prohibits adults under the age of 21 from purchasing, owning, or carrying handguns. The lawsuit, filed today, argues that such age-based restrictions violate the Second Amendment rights of “peaceable” adults.
SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut condemned the Connecticut ban in a statement, asserting, “Second Amendment rights cannot be withheld from peaceable adults based on their age. To do so would relegate the amendment’s guarantees to second-class status, which offends the very notion of the Constitution’s premise.”
Kraut emphasized that the nation’s historical and traditional legal framework does not support this “Second Amendment lite” version being applied to 18-20-year-olds in Connecticut.
“This lawsuit seeks to vindicate the rights of those individuals who are being unlawfully discriminated against based solely on their age,” he added.
The case, titled Succow v. Bondi, sees the SAF joined by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and two individual plaintiffs, Samuel Towne and Zachary Succow. The plaintiffs are represented by a legal team comprising attorneys Doug Dubitsky of the Law Offices of Doug Dubitsky, Craig Fishbein of Fishbein Law Firm, and Cameron Atkinson of Atkinson Law.
The complaint filed in federal court highlights a core argument: “There is simply no historical analogue prohibiting adults under 21 from purchasing, acquiring, possessing, or carrying handguns nor of banning otherwise lawful commerce between firearm dealers and adults under 21.”
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This lawsuit marks the tenth such challenge initiated by the SAF across the United States on behalf of adults in this age group.
SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb reiterated the consistent stance of these legal actions.
“And in each of those lawsuits the premise remains the same – depriving adults who are 18-20 years old of their constitutional rights is illegal, full stop,” Gottlieb stated.
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