People aged 18-20 have been found to be part of "the people" in multiple jurisdictions around the country, but the Garden State still prohibits young adults from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Now  pair of gun rights organizations are challenging N.J.'s under-21 arms prohibitions and well as a federal statute.

Named plaintiffs in the case are Lily Hague, the Second Amendment Foundation, and New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate. The case Hague v. Murphy, names the following defendants: Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Matthew Platkin, New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago, Freehold New Jersey Police Chief George Bauman, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

A federal lawsuit filed in New Jersey seeks to strike down state and federal laws that prevent 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying firearms for self-defense, citing a recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling affirming their Second Amendment rights.

The lawsuit, Hague v. Murphy, was filed by the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate (NJFOS) and the Second Amendment Foundation. It follows the Third Circuit's decision in Lara v. Commissioner Pennsylvania State Police, which ruled that 18- to 20-year-olds are among "the people" protected by the Second Amendment and have the right to carry firearms outside their homes.