Court Rules California’s Gun Sale Ban for Those Under 21 Is Unconstitutional

Court Rules California’s Gun Sale Ban for Those Under 21 Is Unconstitutional
A person holds a California-legal featureless AR-15 style rifle in Costa Mesa, Calif., on June 5, 2021. Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of most semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional.

In a 2–1 decision (pdf), a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s law violates the Second Amendment rights.