Posted on 05/11/2022 8:23:09 PM PDT by bitt
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, however, ruled that a hunting license requirement for purchases of rifles or shotguns by adults under 21 who are not in the military or law enforcement was reasonable
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional, a move gun-rights advocates hope will pave the way for similar rulings in other courts.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violates the Second Amendment and that a San Diego judge should have blocked what is called the "an almost total ban on semiautomatic centerfire rifles" for young adults.
"America would not exist without the heroism of the young adults who fought and died in our revolutionary army," Judge Ryan Nelson wrote in the 2-1 ruling. "Today we reaffirm that our Constitution still protects the right that enabled their sacrifice: the right of young adults to keep and bear arms."
A dissent was written by U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein, who was assigned to the panel from the Southern District of New York.
The Firearms Policy Coalition, which brought the case, said the ruling makes it optimistic age-based gun bans will be overturned in other courts.
"Today’s decision confirms that peaceable legal adults cannot be prohibited from acquiring firearms and exercising their rights enshrined in the Second Amendment," FPC Vice President of Programs Adam Kraut said in a statement to Fox News. "We are pleased to see progress on this important legal front and optimistic that similar results will come from our many other challenges to age-based bans filed in courts across the United States."
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Any other day this would be big headlines.
Ca will appeal to the full court and win and lose at the SC..again
But also a bad decision to say that they must have a hunting license to buy a firearm as if that is the only legit use of a long gun.
Wait until it is appealed and the full court is impanelled.
It is still the 9th Circus of Appeals even with the judges President Trump put on this court.
More comments from this earlier posting from a different source:
US appeals court rules California’s under-21 gun sales ban is unconstitutional
05/11/2022 3:08:01 PM PDT · by Deo volente · 19 replies
EyewitnessNews7 | May 11, 2022 | Brian Melley
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4062435/posts
Hopefully the Supreme Court, like may happen with Roe v Wade will decide that states can no longer infringe upon the constitution and invalidate federal, state, and local gun laws (offering that the alternative would be to allow restrictions on speech, etc.). Maybe this court can clear the decks on federal, state, and local laws that violate the constitution. Let everyone change the constitution, 2nd amendment, if they want different results.
>>a hunting license requirement for purchases of rifles or shotguns by adults under 21
Are the hunting licenses “shall issue”? If not, Kali will just deny licenses to anyone under 21 to get the same effect.
“But also a bad decision to say that they must have a hunting license to buy a firearm as if that is the only legit use of a long gun.”
Yes, it’s absurd to tie gun ownership hunting. Second amendment isn’t about the right to hunt.
Cali couldn’t figure out the militia act of 1903 sets the age at 1, not that I would assert the 1903 act is constitutional. It has never been challenged.
Just a thought ... if SCOTUS strikes the 21-to-buy-firearms law, shouldn’t they also strike down 21-to-drink laws?
BTTT!
This is a great win!
Why was someone from the southern district of New York signed to thr (west coast) 9th circuit’s case?
There’s no explicit federal constitutional right to be drunk and stupid while there is an explicit right to keep and bear arms.
The Feds are testing a new method of "judge shopping".
If kids can change their gender, they can have a gun.
“Floater” in the punchbowl.
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