Federal Court Rules That Ban on Handgun Sales for Under 21-Year-Olds Is Unconstitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : While some historical restrictions existed, none support finding that 18-year-olds lack rights under the Second Amendment," he added.
55% : "Despite the weighty interest in reducing crime and violence, we refuse to relegate either the Second Amendment or 18- to 20-year-olds to a second-class status ...
51% : In a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a law Congress passed in 1968 that sets a minimum age of 21 for purchasing handguns violates the Second Amendment.
50% : As such, he stated that the other two judges' concern that the 1968 law would "relegate either the Second Amendment or 18- to 20-year-olds to a second-class status" is "simply surreal."
49% : And the Second Amendment is no different," Judge Julius N. Richardson, appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote in the ruling.
44% : "Looking through this historical lens to the text and structure of the Constitution reveals that 18- to 20-year-olds have Second Amendment rights.

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