{"id":1929529,"date":"2023-05-12T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T05:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:59:40","slug":"federal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Requiring 21-Year-Olds to Buy Handguns Struck Down by Federal Judge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Breaking News: Federal Judge Rules Age Limit for Handgun Purchases Unconstitutional<\/h2>\n<h3>History and Tradition Prevail<\/h3>\n<p>In a landmark ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne declared federal laws that prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers unconstitutional. Judge Payne cited the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in N.Y. State Rifle &#038; Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-introduce-bill-to-cap-supreme-court-terms-at-18-years\/\" title=\"Democrats Introduce Bill to Cap Supreme Court Terms at 18 Years\">expanded gun rights<\/a>, as a basis for his ruling. <\/p>\n<h3>Fraser v. ATF<\/h3>\n<p>The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by John Corey Fraser against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Fraser was denied the purchase of a handgun when he was 20 years old. The lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and federal regulations from the ATF that limit the sale of handguns to adults 21 years and older. <\/p>\n<h3>Optimism Despite Appeal<\/h3>\n<p>Elliott M. Harding, the attorney for Fraser, expressed optimism despite the expected appeal from the defendants. &#8220;We&#8217;re pleased the court ruled in favor of Mr. Fraser and the other named plaintiffs in such [a] well written and thorough decision,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Even though it ensures that future buyers can now purchase these firearms in the federal system, one that includes background checks and other requirements, we expect the defendants will appeal. Nevertheless, we remain optimistic that the decision will be affirmed in due course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Leftist Gun Control Groups Fume<\/h3>\n<p>Not everyone is happy with the ruling. Janet Carter at Everytown Law, a leftist gun control group, called the decision &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and &#8220;unconstitutional.&#8221; She added, &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-strikes-down-law-requiring-people-to-be-21-to-buy-handguns\/\" title=\"Law Requiring 21-Year-Olds to Buy Handguns Struck Down by Federal Judge.\">federal law prohibiting federally licensed firearms dealers<\/a> from selling handguns to individuals under the age of 21 is not just an essential tool for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pay-killers-to-bring-down-homicide-rate-baltimore-activist-says\/\" title=\"Pay Killers To Bring Down Homicide Rate, Baltimore Activist Says\">preventing gun violence<\/a>, it is also entirely constitutional. The Court&#8217;s ruling will undoubtedly put lives at risk. It must be reversed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Stay Informed<\/h3>\n<p>Stay up-to-date on breaking news and important stories by downloading the Daily Wire app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Wednesday that federal laws that require individuals to be at least 21 years old to purchase handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers are unconstitutional. \u201cBecause the statutes and regulations in question are not consistent with our Nation\u2019s history and tradition, they, therefore, cannot stand,\u201d U.S. District Judge Robert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1929530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[26576,3974,16831,5387,6547,4450,13543],"class_list":["post-1929529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-21-year-olds","tag-federal","tag-handguns","tag-judge","tag-law","tag-requiring","tag-struck"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}