Last week, an appeals court upheld a federal law that prohibits people under the age of 21 from purchasing handguns from dealers, rejecting the first challenge to the age rule since the Supreme Court recognized an individual’s right to keep and bear arms.
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Ban on Gun Sales to People Under 21
In Florida, People Use Refunds to Buy Guns
At FOX 35 News in Orange County, Fla. comes this report: ‘Forget about paying the bills with your tax refund, some are heading to the gun shop instead. Over at Shoot Straight employees say more people are taking a shot at a owning a gun, thanks to Uncle Sam.… As people debate the Stand Your Ground law, many worry about losing the right to own a gun, ‘Any time people feel their second amendment right might be taken away or altered, they get concerned and buy the guns that they can buy now, while they can.’
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Holder on Video: ‘Brainwash people’ to be anti-gun
A C-SPAN video from January 30, 1995, shows Eric Holder advocating that people should be ‘brainwashed’ into supporting gun control. Holder, now attorney general of the United States, is shown on the video supporting using Hollywood, the media and government officials to “really brainwash people” into opposing firearm ownership. Holder, who was then the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, was addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club on Jan. 30, 1995. In his speech, he held up anti-smoking campaigns as a model for an anti-gun campaign.
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In South Dakota: A Driver’s LicenseMay Let People Carry Concealed
A South Dakota Senate committee has approved a bill that would let people carry concealed weapons without getting a permit — if they had a driver’s license and met state standards for gun ownership.
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