{"id":195478,"date":"2023-12-04T17:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=195478"},"modified":"2023-12-04T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T23:29:54","slug":"federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as &#8216;Facially Unconstitutional&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" title=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as 'Facially Unconstitutional'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013-1024x809.jpg\" alt=\"Savage Arms Introduces Iconic 1911 Government Model Pistols\" class=\"wp-image-172354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013-380x300.jpg 380w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/savage-1911-beauty-5013.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savage Arms introduces iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/savage-arms-introduces-iconic-1911-government-model-pistols\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional\" title=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as 'Facially Unconstitutional'\">1911 government model pistols<\/a>. (<em>Photo: Savage Arms<\/em>) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal district court judge in West Virginia has delivered a significant ruling, stating that the federal law restricting handgun sales to individuals aged 18 to 20 is &#8220;facially unconstitutional.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) brought the case forward, resulting in a summary judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas S. Kleeh, presiding over the Northern District of West Virginia, actively issued a 40-page <a href=\"https:\/\/saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/40.-brown-v-atf-opinion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional\" title=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as 'Facially Unconstitutional'\">decision<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wrote, &#8220;(B)ecause Plaintiffs\u2019 conduct \u2013 the purchase of handguns \u2013 &#8216;fall[s] [within] the Second Amendment\u2019s &#8216;unqualified command&#8217; and the challenged statutes and regulations are not &#8216;consistent with the Nation\u2019s historic tradition of firearm regulation,&#8217; the Court FINDS 18 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) facially unconstitutional and as applied to Plaintiffs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Kleeh has enjoined the defendants \u2014 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, and Attorney General Merrick Garland \u2014 from enforcing these provisions against the Plaintiffs and other qualified individuals in the 18-to-20-year age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-major-federal-gun-ban-introduced-gosafe-act\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/major-federal-gun-ban-introduced-gosafe-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional\" title=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as 'Facially Unconstitutional'\">Major Federal Gun Ban Introduced: GOSAFE Act!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Kraut, the SAF Executive Director, celebrated the decision: &#8220;This is a huge victory for Second Amendment rights, especially for young adults.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He criticized the Biden Justice Department&#8217;s stance, which suggested that individuals in this age group were not fully adults, calling it &#8220;patently ludicrous.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kraut&#8217;s statement underscored that the government failed to defend the constitutionality of the handgun prohibition, a point clarified by Judge Kleeh&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan M. 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Bryan, an attorney from Union, W.Va., and SAF\u2019s Adam Kraut, a practicing attorney from Westtown, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"federal-court-strikes-down-age-based-ban-on-handgun-purchases-as-facially-unconstitutional\" title=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Age-Based Ban on Handgun Purchases as 'Facially Unconstitutional'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal district court judge in West Virginia has delivered a significant ruling, stating that the federal law restricting handgun sales to individuals aged 18 to 20 is &#8220;facially unconstitutional.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":172354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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