Constitutional Law
Mar. 31, 2025
Federal judge upholds California semiautomatic rifle ban for young adults
Senior U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz has upheld the state's restriction on semiautomatic rifle sales to 18- to 20-year-olds, citing Founding Era norms and rejecting a Second Amendment challenge revived after the U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision. The ruling is likely headed for further appeal amid a growing circuit split.
In a reversal of fortune from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in 2022, a federal judge in San Diego upheld a California law that bars licensed firearms dealers from selling semiautomatic centerfire rifles to 18- to 20-year-olds who are not active members of law enforcement or the military.
While the case had ended in a partial victory for young adult weapons buyers in the 9th Circuit, the panel vacated its decision and sent the case back after the U.S. Supreme Court ...
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