How Old Are Americans When They Get Their First Gun?

By David Yamane As the age at which American adults ought to be able to buy firearms is being discussed in the wake of Buffalo and Uvalde, I want to point to some data on the age at which Americans actually get their first guns. TL:DR version . . . (1) For respondents who say … Read more

Brady’s Jonathan Lowy is Very Upset About the Gun Control Industry’s Latest Court Loss

  This ruling is outrageous and without precedent. Americans have the right to enact strong laws to protect their families and communities from gun violence, and the Second Amendment was never intended to force us all to live in the gun lobby’s guns-for-everyone-and-everywhere dystopia. It is not unreasonable for California to decide that teenagers who … Read more

Fourth Circuit Reverses Ruling That a Ban on Gun Sales to Adults Under 21 is Unconstitutional

In July, a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that banning sales of firearms to adults under 21 is clearly unconstitutional. The ruling noted that “Our nation’s most cherished constitutional rights vest no later than 18. And the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms is no different.” That was then. This is … Read more