Fifth Circuit declares age restrictions on adult handgun purchases unconstitutional
The appellate panel ruled that a federal law prohibiting firearms dealers from selling handguns to adults under 21 is inconsistent with firearm regulations at the time of the country's founding.
Fifth Circuit Finds Young Adult Gun Sale Ban Unconstitutional
A US appeals court panel ruled that federal provisions against the sale of handguns to adults aged 18 to 20 are unconstitutional.
Federal court rules ban on handgun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a decades-old ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to people aged 18, 19 and 20 is unconstitutional. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel on the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals slammed the Biden administration’s attempt to argue that the handgun ban was in line with the “nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” — a test for gun laws set
US ban on gun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional, court rules
A decades-old U.S. government ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to adults under the age of 21 is unconstitutional, a U.S. appeals court held on Thursday, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding gun rights.
Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Teenagers
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the Supreme Court’s “historical tradition” test.
Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
A conservative federal appeals court said Thursday that a federal law banning the sale of handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, elevating a significant question about the Second Amendment’s reach in the wake of recent major Supreme Court rulings on gun rights.
Appeals court strikes down federal ban on gun sales to under-21 buyers
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Court says banning gun sales to young adults under 21 is unconstitutional
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