Age restrictions on handgun purchases unconstitutional
A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that a decades-old federal law banning handgun purchases by 18 to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment. This ruling came out January 2025
This is all thanks to U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, where they ruled that gun laws must adhere to the tradition of our country around the time that the Second Amendment was put into place. This has caused other laws to be examined and heard in courts as well and those laws also were overturned.
One of the reasons that are being cited for this way of thinking is that the Second Amendment mentions militia and back in those days people in that age range were part of the militia must like we have people in the US Armed forces in that age range as well. During those times around the time that the Second Amendment was written they were required to have a gun as being part of the militia.
You will have to make sure to check with an attorney if you have any concerns about the legality of owning and carrying a firearm.
