On Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. government ban on selling handguns to adults over 18 but under 21 is unconstitutional. The ruling was based in part on the Supreme Court case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which was at that time predicted to cause a major shakeup in gun laws nationwide.
That prediction appears to be coming true.
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.
The ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time a federal appeals court has held that the prohibition violated the right to keep and bear arms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution’s Second…
