Handgun ban to anyone under 21 ruled unconstitutional

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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal law banning handgun sales by licensed dealers to anyone under 21 is unconstitutional.

A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, Virginia, voted 2-1 to declare the law invalid.

The ruling, which is sure to be appealed, was a victory for a Virginia woman, Natalia Marshall. She wanted to buy a handgun to protect herself from her abusive ex-boyfriend and to defend herself in remote rural areas where she works with horses. When she was turned down by a licensed firearms dealer because she was 18, she sued to challenge the law.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-law-barring-gun-sales-people-n1273884

WestlinnDuck

You look at the Constitution and you tell me where you can ban a voting citizen from owning a gun? If not 18, then why not 65?

Sledog

18 year olds can carry a machinegun for uncle Sam and die while serving. They can vote and subject to subscription and the original militia so yeah they should be able to buy guns.

WestlinnDuck

Sledog said:

18 year olds can carry a machinegun for uncle Sam and die while serving. They can vote and subject to subscription and the original militia so yeah they should be able to buy guns.

But almost every judge appointed by barry and now the dementia patient will tell you that the Constitution allows the state to tell then they can't.

Sledog

WestlinnDuck said:

Sledog said:

18 year olds can carry a machinegun for uncle Sam and die while serving. They can vote and subject to subscription and the original militia so yeah they should be able to buy guns.

But almost every judge appointed by barry and now the dementia patient will tell you that the Constitution allows the state to tell then they can't.

That's why we have them!

UW_Doog_Bot

We need to let 16yr olds vote but can't allow 18yr olds to own firearms!

greenblood

Sledog said:

18 year olds can carry a machinegun for uncle Sam and die while serving. They can vote and subject to subscription and the original militia so yeah they should be able to buy guns.

Now they sip coffee in their PJs and shop health insurance through the Obamacare website.

EsophagealFeces

greenblood said:

Sledog said:

18 year olds can carry a machinegun for uncle Sam and die while serving. They can vote and subject to subscription and the original militia so yeah they should be able to buy guns.

Now they sip coffee in their PJs and shop health insurance through the Obamacare website.

C’mon man. Don’t forget to blame standardized testing.