FAIRVIEW, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that a Texas law raising the age to buy assault-style weapons would be unconstitutional.
“There have been three court rulings since May that have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 21 from being able to buy (AR-15s),” Abbott said.
One of those decisions came last week, when a federal court judge in Fort Worth struck down a Texas law that limited adults under 21 from carrying handguns, on the grounds that the Second Amendment doesn’t specify an age.
