TXPPQ wrote:I was under the impression that in Texas while you cannot purchase a handgun until age 21 you can poessess one starting at age 18 and if that is true wouldn't they have been protected under MPA?
Here in TX, you are correct. But in NJ, I doubt they have anything like MPA. NJ is a "may issue" state and very few people have CHL's. Most likely, even if the had all been over 21, they would not have been armed. That is, unless they were members of a local gang, since the law does not apply to them.