If they’re old enough to serve in the military, to vote, to drive a vehicle, to sign a legal contract, etc, then they are legal adults, and should have the ability to purchase a firearm as the Constitution states
Banning gun sales to young American adults under 21 is unconstitutional, judge rules
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.
In his 71-page ruling, Payne wrote that many of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship are granted at the age of 18, including the right to vote, enlist in the military without parental permission and serve on a federal jury.
“If the Court were to exclude 18-to-20-year-olds from the Second Amendment’s protection, it would impose limitations on the Second Amendment that do not exist with other constitutional guarantees,” Payne wrote.
“Because the statutes and regulations in question are not consistent with our Nation’s history and tradition, they, therefore, cannot stand,” he wrote.
They’re legal adults, with all the rights and privileges that go with that. The Virginia bill of rights says so
Section 1. Equality and rights of men.
That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
The gun grabbers keep passing laws but, mostly keep losing
Payne’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have long used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions. The Supreme Court said judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests, like enhancing public safety. Governments that want to uphold a gun restriction must look back into history to show it is consistent with the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation,” the Supreme Court said.
Gun grabbing Everytown is upset
“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,” said Janet Carter, Everytown Law’s senior director of issues and appeals.
“The Court’s ruling will undoubtedly put lives at risk,” she said. “It must be reversed.”
How many of those youts legally purchased the guns, and how many had them illegally? Personally, I would be for a law that requires any first time gun buyer of any age to undergo a training class on firearms, and, even a requirement for a refresher course every 7 years or so. That could well stand legal challenges. Of course, Blue areas might use it to deny ownership, so the law would have to be written very carefully.
Speaking of gun grabbing
Remember, the gun grabbers don't want to grab guns, they just want common sense reform https://t.co/EjMxiP6Yhg
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) May 12, 2023
Required training only if it osshall issue. That keeps it from being a barrier to the right to bear arms. So we have classes that are required to pass for free speech?
That’s their point. They keep pushing us into an anti constitutional corner. Just read some of dowds anti gun arguments. Sooner or later he starts challenging all rights as “not absolute” therefore gun rights can be whatever the left says they are. Hell, yesterday he actually used: “the second amendment is not a suicide pact” as an argument!!!
All this crap means in the left as usual intends to break the constitution by using it against itself. American leftist Newspeak. Like “my body, my choice” for abortion but “get vaxed or go to jail” for Wuhan flu.
The left has gone all in with the communist idea. To defeat communism we must destroy democrats. Sadly they give us no choice. The friend of my enemy is my enemy.
If you’re like me you pine for the old days when we could be political rivals but both of us loved America. Today I see almost zero dems with an American flag pin but loads with Ukraine pins. I don’t know one democrat who has a US flag on his house but several who fly those queer flags.
Irreconcilable differences.
I think society has taken a wrong step by regulating the physical implements of a problem instead of holding the individual responsible for their actions. Make it a “sentence multiplier”.