If you\u2019re old enough to die for your country with a Government-issue machine gun in your hands, you\u2019re old enough to buy a firearm for yourself. Read the following, from Second Amendment Foundation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The Second Amendment Foundation said this week\u2019s ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring the ban on handgun sales to young adults in the 18-20-year age group to be unconstitutional is a \u201cmonumental victory for Second Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Julius N. Richardson, writing for the majority, observed, \u201cLooking through this historical lens to the text and structure of the Constitution reveals that 18- to 20-year-olds have Second Amendment rights. Virtually every other constitutional right applies whatever the age. And the Second Amendment is no different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJudge Richardson, in my estimation, has authored one of the best-written opinions in any gun rights case I\u2019ve ever read,\u201d said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. \u201cHe has detailed the issue, provided the history and offered a perspective that doesn\u2019t bow to political correctness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gottlieb was especially impressed with Judge Richardson\u2019s notation about the ironic nature of the gun control law being challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe irony does not escape us,\u201d Judge Richardson wrote, \u201cthat, under the government\u2019s reasoning, the same 18- to 20-year-old men and women we depend on to protect us in the armed forces and who have since our Founding been trusted with the most sophisticated weaponry should nonetheless be prevented from purchasing a handgun from a federally licensed dealer for their own protection at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said the same thing repeatedly,\u201d Gottlieb acknowledged, \u201cbecause it strikes at the very heart of gun control foolishness. We send young men and women into harm\u2019s way to defend our national interests, yet our laws arbitrarily say they shouldn\u2019t be trusted enough to buy a handgun here at home. That defies logic and common sense, and it\u2019s an insult to anyone in the affected age group who can vote for president, run for local office, start his or her own business, buy a home, enter into contracts or get married and start a family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have similar cases pending in Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Washington, California, Minnesota and other states that this Fourth Circuit ruling could directly impact,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cThe importance of common-sense decisions such as Judge Richardson\u2019s cannot be over-stated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation\u2019s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms.\u00a0\u00a0Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re old enough to die for your country with a Government-issue machine gun in your hands, you\u2019re old enough to buy a firearm for yourself. Read the following, from Second Amendment Foundation: BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The Second Amendment Foundation said this week\u2019s ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring the ban on handgun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6875,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions\/6875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}