Pro-Gun Attorney Argues CA’s Age Limit On Long Guns Unconstitutional

By Tom Knighton

California has sided with states that believe someone who is between the ages of 18 and 20 is old enough to sign contracts, get married, vote, and join the military, but can’t be trusted to purchase a hunting rifle. The new laws are a knee-jerk reaction to the Parkland massacre, but there’s a problem.

There’s a very good chance that the new law, one similar to the law passed in Florida, is unconstitutional.

As California Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill into law that bans the sales of licensed dealers guns to those under 21, Indianapolis gun rights attorney Guy Relford says that law may not hold up if challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“If you, in California, now permanently eradicate the ability of someone 19 to 21 from buying a rifle or a shotgun, now you’re eradicating all of their Second Amendment rights completely, which means they have no alternative,” says Relford, since he says federal law already bans people under 21 from buying handguns.

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“I think that could very likely face a successful Constitutional challenge, particularly if we have a strong pro-Second Amendment justice on the [U.S. Supreme] Court like a Brett Kavanaugh,” says Relford.

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Source:: Bearing Arms