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<p>A 53-year-old law preventing federally licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns or handgun ammunition to adults under the age of 21 is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.</p> <p>A divided panel on the Richmond, Va.-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a Virginia federal judge's ruling upholding the federal Gun Control Act of 1968.</p> <p>"When do constitutional rights vest? At 18 or 21? 16 or 25? Why not 13 or 33?" asked US Circuit Judge Julius Richardson in his ruling. "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."</p> <p>Richardson, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, went on to note that 18-to-20-year-olds "enjoy almost every other constitutional right, and they were required at the time of the Founding to serve in the militia and furnish their own weapons … 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."</p><p><a href='https://nypost.com/2021/07/13/appeals-court-rules-handguns-can-be-sold-to-18-year-olds/' class='out'>https://nypost.com/2021/07/13/appeals-court-rules-handguns-can-be-sold-to-18-year-olds/</a></p>