The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that federal regulations prohibiting gun sales to those over the age of 18 but under the age of 21 do not violate the Second Amendment, which protects “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,” or the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment.
According to the Oct. 25 opinion in National Rifle Association, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al., the background in the case is as follows: The NRA and several individuals who were between the ages of 18 and 21 filed a complaint in the Northern District of Texas alleging that 18 U.S.C. §§922(b)(1) and (c)(1) violated the Second Amendment and the equal protection clause. The district court rejected those claims, as did the 5th Circuit panel.
