Case Explained: Non-Argument Calendar GEORGIA SECOND AMENDMENT, INC. THOMAS STEPHENS v. GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA MICHAEL CHASTAIN

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Filed: 2026-07-24 Docket: 2:23-cv-00024-RWS The eleventh-circuit vacated the district court’s order denying a preliminary injunction and dismissing the complaint in this Second Amendment challenge to Georgia laws prohibiting individuals under age 21 from carrying firearms in public. The court held that the district court erred by relying on an intervening panel decision that had since been vacated en banc, and by failing to consider two subsequent significant legal developments: the Eleventh Circuit’s en banc decision in *National Rifle Association v. Bondi*, which applied a historical tradition analysis under *United States v. Rahimi* to uphold a similar age-based restriction on firearm purchases, and the Supreme Court’s decision in *Wolford v. Lopez*, which struck down a statute restricting handgun carry on private property open to the public due to a lack of historical analogues. The court remanded the case so that the district court can consider these intervening decisions in the first instance. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.