“RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a law banning licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 violates the Second Amendment and is unconstitutional.”
“The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Payne in Richmond, if not overturned, would allow dealers to sell handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds.”
“Payne’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. The Supreme Court said judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests, like enhancing public safety”
“Payne, who cited the 2022 Supreme Court ruling repeatedly in his ruling, wrote that the government failed to present “any evidence of age-based restrictions on the purchase or sale of firearms from the colonial era, Founding or Early Republic.”
“Not only are guns the leading cause of death for U.S. kids and teens, but research shows us that 18- to 20-year-olds commit gun homicides at triple the rate of adults 21 years and older”
https://apnews.com/article/handgun-...nstitutional-7428370490abe5f90a5fcf8aad7a4020
So in other words, how can age restrictions on nearly anything be legal given such as restrictions on alcohol consumption or say child labor weren’t around in the 18th Century? How can guns be barred from anywhere, ie, bars, NFL games, anywhere, since they were allowed at public events three centuries ago? It defies common sense
Amazing how Thomas’s sophomoric interpretation of history is now accepted cause six ideologues with a political agenda confirmed it was accurate? And now even public safety, “the right to life,” can’t be considered a factor in weighing gun decisions
Appears the “well regulated militia” has no regulations