California Court Rules Gun Sales Legal to Under-21s
Citing the Second Amendment, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional.
Citing the Second Amendment, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional, NPR reports. In the 2-1 ruling, the judges said the ban violates the right to bear arms. One judge from San Diego said it would have created “an almost total ban on semiautomatic centerfire rifles” for young adults. The Firearms Policy Coalition, which brought the case, said the ruling makes it optimistic age-based gun bans will be overturned in other courts.