Appeals Court Revives Colorado Law Banning 18- to 20-Year-Olds From Buying Guns

The judge said that age limits on gun purchases are common and do not implicate the 2nd Amendment.

Guns are displayed for sale at a store in Colorado Springs, Colo., in a file photograph. Brennan Linsley/AP Photo

A Colorado law that bars adults younger than 21 from buying and selling guns is allowed because it does not violate the U.S. Constitution, a trio of federal judges said on Nov. 5.

Age limits on gun purchases are widely imposed across the country and do not implicate the Constitution’s Second Amendment, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard E. N. Federico wrote for the panel that was assigned the case.