Victory for Defense: Virginia Court Partially Blocks Unconstitutional Gun Ban A Lynchburg, Virginia judge has ruled that a new gun purchasing ban in the state violated a citizen's right to keep and bear arms, partially blocking the law from being enforced.
The new rule, enacted with a bevy of other strict anti-gun laws at the beginning of the month, effectively prohibited adults under age 21 from purchasing a handgun. The state already blocked adults between 18-20 from purchasing a firearm at a licensed gun store as required background checks were only offered to those 21 and older.
The new rule further implemented restriction on private sales, requiring purchasers to go through that same federal background check that prohibited adults under 21 from purchasing a gun. The plaintiffs in this Virginia case, Peter Elhert and Wyatt Lowman, contended that the new state restrictions violated their rights.
The laws, which have been hotly contended and drew protests of gun-owning Virginians to the state capitol in Richmond, went into effect on July 1. Lowman, who is 18, asserted that such restrictions forbade him from exercising his right to keep and bear arms, which is specifically protected in the constitution for the Commonwealth of Virginia. .......
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elliebufkin/2020/07/20/victory-for-defense-virginia-court-partially-blocks-unconstitutional-gun-ban-n2572783
