Source: USA Today
“The Department of Justice announced Sept. 18 that it considers a federal ban on handgun sales to adults under 21 to be unconstitutional. The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel opinion cited multiple Second Amendment Supreme Court cases expanding the right to carry handguns for self-defense as their primary rationale for declaring the prohibition unconstitutional. Specifically, they determined 18 to 20-year-olds are part of ‘the people’ the Second Amendment protects. The DOJ’s decision is legally binding on federal agencies but it does not bind federal courts and Congress. It also does not create any precedent and can be overturned by the Supreme Court, which has not yet weighed in on the issue.” [editor’s note: The Second Amendment is at least SUPPOSEDLY binding on Congress and the courts. The question is whether they abide by the “supreme law of the land” or not – TLK] (09/18/26)