5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional

The government's lawyers argued that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of "the people" whose "right to keep and bear arms" is guaranteed by the Second Amendment. They cited "the common law's recognition of 21 years as the date of legal maturity at the time of the founding" and "the fact that legislatures have long established minimum age requirements for various activities."

As Judge Edith Jones notes in the 5th Circuit's opinion, however, "there are no age or maturity restrictions in...

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