TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 17, 2023

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, if not overturned, would allow dealers to sell handguns to 18, 19 and 20-year-olds, the Associated Press reports. The judge stated that many of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship are granted at the age of 18 and gun ownership should not be any different.