When do you get to exercise your rights? Age 18? 20? 21?

When do you get to exercise your rights? Age 18? 20? 21? That was the question the Fifth Circuit was asked in the case Reese v. ATF. Does the Second Amendment’s protected right to keep and bear arms include 18-20-year-olds when it comes to purchasing handguns?

That’s an interesting loophole. Someone between the ages of 18 and 21 can own a handgun but cannot buy one except on the private market. Since it is a federal crime to purchase a firearm for someone else (known as a straw purchase), that leaves people who can legally own a firearm in quite a conundrum. How can you own a firearm unless you purchase it?

A nice, clear, concise answer: both the laws and their regulations are unconstitutional. Now, the court sends this case back to the District Court to proceed based on the circuit’s opinion.

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