A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a longstanding federal ban that prevented the sale of handguns to Americans between the ages of 18 and 20 - a landmark gun control regulation in ...

elevating a significant question about the Second Amendment’s reach in the wake of recent major Supreme Court rulings on gun rights. It is the latest major ruling against an age-based firearm ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled a nationwide ban on handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a ...

It also reviewed the legal challenge against the more recent decision by the Supreme Court that refined the Bruen test while upholding federal restrictions on gun possession for people accused of ...

By Mattathias Schwartz Reporting on the federal courts from Philadelphia A conservative appeals court ruled Thursday that a longstanding federal ban on handgun sales to people between the ages of ...

The federal ban on handgun sales to adults younger than 21 violates the Second Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled today. That law is "unconstitutional in light of our ...

A three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans — which has been behind some of the nation’s most conservative rulings on issues like abortion, gun rights and ...