Once again the Republican appointed judges sitting on the Federal Courts stand out boldly proving they have not read the Constitution of the United States or given any effort to fathom it's intent.
Clearly laid out Article I, Section 2, Clause 2:
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
This along with the age of majority being 21 and voting age 21 until lowered to 18 to allow drafted Military Personnel to vote in their future.
And this is the MOST telling in the inane verdict of Judge Robert Payne.
18 to 21 year old's are only allowed Military lethal weapons under the "Well Regulated" authority of the recognized Militia.
Even 17th Century adult males understood that lethal weapons should not be in the hands of unschooled youth without "Well Regulation".
The the current circumstance of murder in American schools, shopping centers, et. al. the total lack of concern for We The People is an outrage worthy of impeachment. IMHO.
2 minute readMay 12, 20231:57 AM MSTLast Updated 3 days ago
US judge strikes down federal law barring handgun sales to those under 21
By Brad Brooks
The National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting is held in Indianapolis
A person tries out a handgun during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 15, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
May 11 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Virginia has struck down federal laws that block the sale of handguns to buyers under the age of 21, ruling they violate constitutional rights to possess firearms.
The ruling, which the Justice Department is expected to challenge, will not take effect until judge Robert Payne, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, issues his final order in the coming weeks.
The ruling would not affect the 19 states that have their own laws barring handgun sales to anyone younger than 21.
Payne's ruling follows on the Supreme Court's significant expansion of gun rights in the past year, which the judge frequently referenced in his ruling issued on Wednesday.
"Because the statutes and regulations in question are not consistent with our nation's history and tradition, they, therefore, cannot stand," Payne wrote in his decision.
Lawyers representing the Justice Department in the case did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Elliott Harding, the attorney for the four original plaintiffs who were ages 18 to 20 and wanted to purchase handguns, said he was pleased with the decision.
"Even though it ensures that future buyers can now purchase these firearms in the federal system, one that includes background checks and other requirements, we expect the Defendants will appeal," Harding said. "Nevertheless, we remain optimistic that the decision will be affirmed in due course."
Gun rights, held dear by many Americans and promised by the country's 18th Century founders, are a contentious issue in a nation with high levels of firearm violence, including numerous mass shootings.
There have been at least 210 so far in 2023, the most at this point in the year since at least 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as any in which four or more people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.
(This story has been refiled to change 'sell' to 'sale' in paragraph 1)
Reporting by Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; Additional reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Editing by Gerry Doyle
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4 minute readMay 15, 20239:21 PM MSTLast Updated 3 hours ago
Teen gunman kills 3, wounds 6 in New Mexico before police shoot him dead
By Andrew Hay and Steve Gorman
May 15 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old gunman stalked through a New Mexico neighborhood on Monday firing randomly at bystanders, houses and cars, killing three people and wounding six before police shot him dead outside a church, authorities said.
The late-morning shooting spree unfolded in a residential area of Farmington, New Mexico, a major retail center and regional hub for the fossil energy industry about 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Albuquerque.
Police responded "to find a chaotic scene where a male subject was actively firing upon individuals in that neighborhood," Baric Crum, deputy chief of operations for the Farmington Police Department, said in a news briefing hours later.
Three civilians were killed and six people were wounded, including two officers struck in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect before he was fatally shot by police, according to Farmington police spokesperson Shanice Gonzales.
She told Reuters by telephone that the suspect had roamed about a quarter of a mile on foot firing on bystanders indiscriminately before the rampage came to an end outside the church where he was confronted by law enforcement.
No motive was readily apparent, police said.
"At this point it appears to be purely random," Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said in a video message posted on his department's Facebook page, calling the incident "devastating."
Seemingly taking aim at "whatever entered his head to shoot at," the suspect opened fire from at least three weapons, one of them an AR-15-style rifle, Hebbe said. "At least six houses and three cars were shot in the course of the event."
The gunman, identified only as an 18-year-old, was believed to have acted alone, police said. No information was provided about any of the dead.
Some of the incident was captured in video footage posted to the social media platform TikTok and confirmed as authentic by Gonzales.
It shows a man dressed in black pacing around a driveway outside the First Church of Christ Scientist, carrying what appears to be a handgun, before he is seen being shot dead by police in front of the building.
The man apparently recording the video is heard describing the scene to someone else and referring to the suspect walking in circles beside the church. He then says, "There's a person laying the middle of the street."
The two wounded officers, one from the Farmington department and one from New Mexico State Police, were listed in stable condition in hospital. The city officer was later released, Hebbe said.
The conditions of the four wounded civilians were not disclosed.
The gun violence prompted security lockdowns at several public schools in Farmington, a city of about 46,000 residents, until police determined the threat was over.
Farmington, a commercial hub for oil and gas drilling and a shopping destination for the nearby Navajo Nation and smaller towns in the Four Corners region where the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah meet, has experienced at least two other high-profile incidents of deadly gun violence in recent years.
Police in Farmington last month killed an armed homeowner at his own house, then exchanged gunfire with his wife, after officers showed up at the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call.
Farmington also was the scene of a deadly high school shooting in December 2017 in which a gunman killed two students before taking his own life.
Monday's carnage was among the latest of at least 225 mass shootings recorded in the U.S. this year, according to the nonprofit group Gun Violence Archive. The group defines a mass shooting as any in which four or more people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.
Reporting By Ayyub Rami and Andrew Hay
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