JUST IN: A federal appeals court ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the court says a San Diego judge should have blocked the law.
The Firearms Policy Coalition, which brought the case, says the ruling makes them optimistic other age-based gun bans will be overturned.
The ruling was not a total victory for gun rights advocates, who had sought to block the state from requiring a hunting license for purchases of rifles or shotguns by adults under 21 who are not in the military or law enforcement. The court ruled the license requirement was reasonable for increasing public safety through “sensible firearm control.”
Handgun sales to those under 21 were already prohibited, but the stricter age limits for rifles and shotguns were passed in 2018 after some of the nation’s worst mass shootings were committed by young adults using rifles, including the Valentine’s Day 2018 slayings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
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