Appeals Court Rules Federal Ban On Interstate Handgun Sales Unconstitutional

Appeals Court Rules Federal Ban On Interstate Handgun Sales Unconstitutional Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the federal government's ban on interstate transfers of handguns on Sept. 18, finding the nearly 60-year-old law was unconstitutional. The ruling reverses provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 that prohibit handguns from being sold directly from licensed firearms dealers to buyers across state lines. "The ban sullies the plain text of the Second Amendment and is inconsistent with the nation's tradition of firearms regulation,...