{"id":4898,"date":"2026-08-25T05:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:43:49","slug":"clinton-judge-spares-massachusetts-ban-on-18-year-olds-owning-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4898","title":{"rendered":"Clinton Judge Spares Massachusetts\u2019 Ban On 18-Year-Olds Owning Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts allowed the state\u2019s restrictions on gun ownership by adults under 21 to stand Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4897\">Crypto Industry Raining Millions On Candidates That Back Its Favorite Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple pro-Second Amendment organizations sued Massachusetts over its refusal to grant 18-to-20-year-old adults a \u201cLicense to Carry\u201d that would allow them to own handguns and semiautomatic long guns in February 2025. In his 23-page ruling, United States District Judge George A. O\u2019Toole, Jr. of the District of Massachusetts, a Clinton appointee, said that restrictions on minors owning firearms rendered the state\u2019s law constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statutory age restriction fits within that principle\u2014distilled from our Founding-era regulatory tradition\u2014in both why and how it burdens the Second Amendment right of eighteen- to twenty-year-olds,\u201d O\u2019Toole wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMassachusetts law permits eighteen- to twenty-year-olds to possess certain classes of firearms pursuant to a valid Massachusetts FID card. That is evident from the undisputed fact that Escher currently owns firearms pursuant to a valid FID card,\u201d O\u2019Toole added. \u201cMoreover, like the Founding-era militia laws, Massachusetts law contains an exception to the age restriction for military service. Of course, that is not the only exception: even outside of the military context, Massachusetts\u2019 regime also allows minors to temporarily possess semiautomatic firearms for certain lawful activities\u2014including firearms instruction and hunting\u2014while under the supervision of properly licensed adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4895\">INGERSOLL: Comedian Embarrasses Himself, Exposes Deep-Seated Truth At Same<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Second Amendment Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>In June, a Florida appellate court ruled that the Second Amendment barred the state from restricting concealed carry to those 21 and older. In an 18-page opinion, Judge Spencer D. Levine wrote for a unanimous panel that the Second Amendment was not a \u201csecond-class right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plain text of the Second Amendment covers the right of 18- to 20-year-olds to the public carry of firearms, which would include concealed carry as a manner of public carry,\u201d the decision in Eubanks v. Florida reads.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4893\">The Internet\u2019s Favorite Sandwich Guy Just Sold His Shop To A Billionaire\u2019s Delivery Empire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts allowed the state\u2019s restrictions on gun ownership by adults under the age of 21 to stand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,247,149],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-gun-control","tag-guns","tag-massachusetts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clinton Judge Spares Massachusetts\u2019 Ban On 18-Year-Olds Owning Guns - 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