Unlikely pair could usher gun rights case to U.S. Supreme Court


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Aug 2018

George Young holds a framed photo of his late daughter Tim Young in Hilo, Hawaii, U.S., July 30, 2018. Courtesy Lynn Viale/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - George Young is a Vietnam War veteran who sued the state of Hawaii three times on his own without a lawyer for the right to carry a handgun, and lost each time.

Alan Beck is an independent lawyer who took on Young's appeal for free.

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