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5th Circuit: Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Violates 2A
Based on reporting by Breitbart News Network.
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the federal ban on interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment.
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How We See It
A licensed gun dealer in Lubbock can sell a rifle to a customer visiting from New Mexico, but a handgun has to be shipped to a dealer back home. The rule was always less about safety and more about inconvenience, a federal speed bump for law-abiding citizens. The Fifth Circuit just knocked that speed bump down.
The court ruled the 1968 ban on interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment. The reasoning was straightforward: handguns are protected by the text, and history has no tradition of restricting who can buy a gun across state lines. That's the test the Supreme Court set in Bruen, and the Fifth Circuit applied it honestly. The result is a win for law-abiding gun owners and a reminder that the Second Amendment is not a license that expires at a state border.
Critics will say this makes it easier for dangerous people to get guns. But nothing about this ruling changes background checks. The buyer still has to pass one,.
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