By: Anthony Morelli
Millions of adult American citizens could soon lose their right to bear arms.
Anti-gun attorneys general have united to try to take away their gun rights.
And these law-abiding citizens may soon be forced to turn over their firearms.
Anyone over the age of 18 is considered to be an adult under U.S. law. They can vote and they can serve in the military.
Some politicians, however, are trying to make it so that 18- to 21-year-olds cannot exercise their constitutional rights by owning a firearm.
This completely goes against the history and tradition of our country, but these activist politicians are viewing it as the first step in disarming the entire population.
And that’s why left-wing attorneys general across America are trying to make sure no one under the age of 21 is able to own a gun.
Allegedly they are doing this to try to stop school shootings, but of course they have a bigger plan in mind that involves sweeping gun control.
And they are trying to find friendly judges who will agree with this radical and unconstitutional position that they are taking.
According to Bearing Arms, “Do adults under the age of 21 possess a right to bear arms in self-defense? According to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and 18 of his Democratic colleagues, the answer is ‘no.’ Of course, most of those AGs don’t believe adults older than 21 have the right to bear arms either, but in this particular case the anti-gun attorneys general are challenging a federal court decision in Pennsylvania that confirmed the text, history, and tradition of the Second Amendment and our right to keep and bear arms encompasses a right to carry without any exceptions for young adults.”
As with any of these controversial cases, the AGs are trying to find a friendly court that will rule in their favor for ideological reasons.
The article continues, “Last month a Third Circuit panel concluded 2-1 that Pennsylvania’s law barring concealed carry for adults under 21 violates their Second Amendment right, rejecting the state’s argument that, historically, the right to keep and bear arms didn’t kick in until citizens were at least 21 years of age. Instead of appealing to the Supreme Court, the state is instead asking for an en banc review by the entire Third Circuit, and Platkin and his his anti-gun buddies are now weighing in to support the request.”
It’s clear that these AGs believe that the Third Circuit is an anti-gun circuit, and that a majority of judges on the Third Circuit will vote to eliminate the Second Amendment for 18- to 21-year-olds.
This type of regulation completely flies in the face of how guns have always been treated under the law in the United States.
18- to 21-year-olds have never been treated as “minors” nor has there ever been a serious attempt to strip them of their gun rights.
But things are changing, and the anti-gun lobby is using their friends in the attorney general’s office in several states to undo the Second Amendment for people under 21.