Federal Appeals Court: Handgun Purchase Ban for 18-20 Year Olds Unconstitutional
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the federal ban against 18-20-year-olds buying handguns is unconstitutional.
The Majority Opinion by Judge Julius Richardson–joined by Bush 43-appointee Judge Stephen Agree–looked at militia laws in American history and the Founding Fathers’ views that an armed populace made an armed militia possible, allowing the latter to repel a tyrannical government, should the need arise:
"So while the individual right of self-defense was “the central component” of the Second Amendment, the civic purpose “was codified” based on...