LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.
Highlights
- A U.S.
- appeals court ruled Wednesday, May 11, that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional.
- The court said the law violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
- The Firearms Policy Coalition, which brought the case, said the ruling makes it optimistic age-based gun bans will be overturned in other courts.
- The ruling, however, was not a total victory for gun rights advocates.
- They also sought an injunction blocking the state from requiring a hunting license for those under 21 — who are not in the military or law enforcement — to purchase rifles or shotguns.