A Federal Court of Appeals in the United States has revoked a law of decades that prohibited Americans from 18 to 20 years to buy guns, ruling that the restriction violates the second amendment.
The conservative Court of Appeals of the United States of the fifth circuit determined on Thursday that the Federal Law, which had been in force since 1968, is inconsistent with the historical tradition of the Nation's weapons rights.
The ruling follows the 2022 decision of the Supreme Court in the Association of Rifles and Pistols of the State of New York V. Bruen, written by Judge Clarence Thomas, who significantly expanded the rights of weapons and raised concerns about the future of other firearms regulations.
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“Ultimately, the text of the second amendment includes people from eighteen to twenty years between 'people' whose right to maintain and carry weapons is protected,” said the court in his opinion.
In addition, he pointed out: “The federal government has presented scarce evidence that the firearm rights of eighteen years to twenty years during the founding era were restricted similarly to the contemporary ban on the purchase of federal guns and its evidence of the nineteenth century . “You cannot provide much information about the meaning of the second amendment when it contradicts previous evidence.”
The immediate national impact of the ruling remains uncertain, although it is widely expected that the case reaches the Supreme Court.
The guns have been the most used weapons in mass murders and shootings in the US. For decades, according to government data analyzed by the violence project.
The Supreme Court has recently confirmed a law that restricts the possession of firearms for people under domestic violence restriction orders and is scheduled to consider whether weapons manufacturers can be considered responsible for crimes committed with their products.
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