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Epoch Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Epoch Times
California's 1-Gun-per-Month Purchase Limit Violates Second Amendment, Appeals Court Rules
The full panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to review a lower court's ruling that California's one gun per month purchase limit violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. The mandate made final the June decision against the California law. Last June, a three-judge panel ruled that the state failed to prove that the law met the standard set in the June 2022 Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Epoch Times
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
US Supreme Court Won't Revive Minnesota Age Restriction on Guns
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the state of Minnesota asking the high court to resurrect its law barring adults younger than 21 from obtaining a permit to carry a firearm in public. The nine justices The federal appeals court in St. Louis noted that the Second Amendment sets no age limit and generally allows for law-abiding, ordinary young adults to have and bear firearms. In ruling against Minnesota, the appeals court 'If the regulation is consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation, it does not infringe the right of the people,' the ruling stated. 'If not, then the regulation improperly infringes the individual right to keep and bear arms.' In the Bruen case, also called the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court ruled against New York state and declared that its concealed carry law, which mandates the individual to have a special need for self-protection, was unconstitutional. The state's requirement was not consistent with the traditions of U.S. firearms laws, it found. Related Stories 3/29/2025 3/26/2025 The state also failed to support claims 'that 18 to 20-year-olds present a danger to the public ... with enough evidence,' the appeals court wrote, adding that using recent crime data statistics 'would be a stretch to say that an 18-year-old 'poses a clear threat of physical violence to another.'' Lawyers for the state Gun rights groups, including the Firearms Policy Coalition, The case, Worth v. Jacobson, 'presents the perfect vehicle for the Supreme Court to take up this incredibly important issue and hold that all peaceable adults have the right to keep and bear arms,' the group's president, Brandon Combs, said in a March statement. On Monday, the Supreme Court also turned away a separate challenge that involved the University of Michigan's ban on having guns on campus, leaving intact the restrictions. Other cases involving laws that restrict guns for adults under the age of 21 have seen mixed results in recent months. An appeals court in New Orleans struck down a federal law requiring young adults to be 21 to purchase handguns, while a judge in February declined to block Hawaii's ban on gun possession for 18- to 20-year-olds. The Supreme Court on April 7 turned away a challenge to gun restrictions that New York adopted after the Bruen ruling. In another gun-related case, the court on March 26 upheld a federal regulation targeting 'ghost guns,' though that ruling did not center on Second Amendment issues. Reuters contributed to this report.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens
A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a longstanding federal ban that prevented the sale of handguns to Americans between the ages of 18 and 20 — a landmark gun control regulation in place since 1968. The conservative Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal law banning handgun sales to teens is inconsistent with the nation's historical tradition and violates the Second Amendment. MORE: Nashville school shooting suspect posted photos on social media just before opening fire in cafeteria: Police The decision cited the Supreme Court's 2022 opinion by Clarence Thomas in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which significantly expanded gun rights and threatens to rollback other gun safety laws nationwide. "Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to-twenty-year-old individuals among 'the people' whose right to keep and bear arms is protected," the court wrote in its opinion statement. The statement went on, "The federal government has presented scant evidence that eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds' firearm rights during the founding-era were restricted in a similar manner to the contemporary federal handgun purchase ban, and its 19th century evidence 'cannot provide much insight into the meaning of the Second Amendment when it contradicts earlier evidence.'" The immediate nationwide impact of the ruling is unclear. The case is almost certainly bound for the Supreme Court. MORE: Crackdown on do-it-yourself firearm kits is curbing ghost guns. Will it last? Handguns have been the most commonly used weapons in murders and mass shootings for decades in the United States, according to government data analyzed by The Violence Project. Last term, the Supreme Court upheld a longstanding federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by people under domestic violence restraining orders. In the next few weeks, it will consider whether gun manufacturers can be held liable for violent crimes perpetrated by those who easily get the weapons. Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens originally appeared on
