Federal law prohibits Federal Firearms Licensees from selling handguns to persons between the ages of 18 to 21, although parents can buy them for their children or they can purchase them themselves in private sales or at gun shows.
In its ruling, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said the law passed by Congress in 1968 banning handgun sales by licensed dealers to adults under the age of 21 violated the Second Amendment to the US Constitution.
“There are no age or maturity restrictions in the plain text of the Amendment, as there are in other constitutional provisions” such as the requirement that members of the US House of Representatives be at least 25 years old, they said.
The law was challenged by three nonprofit gun rights groups -- the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Louisiana Shooting Club -- along with several individuals between the ages of 18 and 21.
“The law that prohibits dealers from selling handguns to those under twenty-one is both constitutional and crucial for public safety,“ said Janet Carter, senior director of issues and appeals at Everytown Law.
The Supreme Court, in June of last year, upheld a federal law prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing a firearm, reversing a ruling by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals which had said the restriction was unconstitutional.
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