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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Restrictions on Direct Interstate Handgun Purchases
The 2-1 ruling says the nearly 60-year-old restriction conflicts with the Second Amendment and forces buyers to pay extra fees and delays.
- On Friday, The Fifth Circuit Court ruled 2-1 against the federal government's ban on interstate handgun transfers, striking down provisions of the nearly 60-year-old Gun Control Act.
- A lawsuit filed by Texas-based Elite Precision Customs LLC and out-of-state customers Tim Herron and Freddie Blish argued the law prohibited direct handgun purchases while allowing rifles and shotguns.
- Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, joined by Kurt Engelhardt, wrote the ban violates the Second Amendment and fails the history-based standard set by The Supreme Court in its 2022 Bruen ruling.
- Disagreeing with the majority, Judge Catharina Haynes dissented, asserting the contested provisions are not unconstitutional, as the lower court previously ruled.
- President Brandon Combs of The Firearms Policy Coalition called the ruling a "massive victory," stating the right to bear arms "does not stop at your state line.
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down 1968 Interstate Handgun Ban In Major Second Amendment Win – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Donald
The Fifth Circuit struck down the federal interstate handgun purchase ban, ruling that the Second Amendment protects the right to buy firearms.
·Michigan, United States
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Restrictions on Direct Interstate Handgun Purchases
A divided federal appeals court ruled that longstanding restrictions preventing buyers from directly purchasing handguns from licensed dealers in other states violate the Second Amendment ... The post Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Restrictions on Direct Interstate Handgun Purchases first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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Appeals Court Rules Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Unconstitutional
‘The ban sullies the plain text of the Second Amendment,’ the judge wrote.
·New York, United States
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