GUNS/BARMS

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-2250

TANNER HIRSCHFELD; NATALIA MARSHALL,

Plaintifls- Appellants,

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, FIREARMS, TOBACCO & EXPLOSIVES: MARVIN
RICHARDSON, Acting Director of the Bureau of Aleohol, Tobacco, Fireams, and
Explosives; MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attormey General,

Defendants-Appellees.

BRADY: GFFORDS LAWCENTER TO PREVENT GUN viOLENCE; EVERYTOWN
FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND,

Amici Supporting Appellees.

Appeal from the United States Disitrict Court for the Westem District of Virginia, at
Charlottesville. Glen E. Conrad, Senior District Judge. (3:18-cv-00103-GEC)

Argued: October 30, 2020 Decided: July 13, 2021

RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge:

When do constitutional rights vest? At 18 or 21? 16 or 25? Why not 13 or 33? In
the law, a line must sometimes be drawn. But there must be a reason why constitutional
rights cannot be enjoyed until a certain age. 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.

Despite the weighty interest in reducing crime and violence, we refuse to
relegate either the Second Amendment or 18-to 20-year-olds to a second-class status.