I wrote an article which explains how the 11th Circuit got its history wrong in NRA v. Bondi which upheld Florida's ban on the sales of firearms to 18-20 year old adults. The 11th Circuit justified upholding Florida law because during the Colonial Era minors could not create enforceable contracts and the age of majority was 21. Based on this, the 11th Circuit opined that there was a tradition of restricting firearm sales to minors. However, there was an exception when the minor was contracting for necessities which the 11th Circuit acknowledged. Where the 11th Circuit got it wrong is when it concluded firearms could never be necessities. As my article shows, during the Founding Era, at a bare minimum long arms such as rifles and shot guns would have been deemed necessities. Thus, minors would have been able to create enforceable contracts to purchase them. Please take a look and tell me what you think.


https://thereload.com/analysis-history-shows-americans-under-21-could-buy-guns-at-the-founding/