NRA Challenges a Recent Handgun Ban

     As America's oldest civil rights and sportsman's group, it was expected that the National Rifle Association would have no part of a recent federal handgun ban. In Fairfax, Va the NRA is challenging (in US district court) federal laws that prohibit law-abiding Americans eighteen through twenty years of age from legally purchasing a handgun through a federally licensed firearm dealer. The NRA was quick to point out that in Heller and McDonald,  the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms for all law-abiding citizens.  This being said, it is not fair or just to only offer this right to people 21 years of age and over.  Americans are considered to be an adult, in almost all instances, at the age of 18 and that's when they should be granted to right to bear arms.
     As stated in the article, "At eighteen years of age...   citizens are eligible (and male citizens could be conscripted) to serve in the military-to fight and die by arms for the country." The case is supported by the NRA, D'Cruz v. BATFE, and deals with a young man under the age of 21 pleading as to why he (and millions of others) deserves the right to bear arms at his age.   The Supreme Court has called the handgun "the quintessential self-defense weapon" and "the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home."  The NRA believes that this right and freedom should be offered to every law-abiding adult, 18 years of age and older and will continue to pressure the courts.
     I agree with the NRA in this case, and I feel that they have a strong case with the plaintiff, Mr. D'Cruz.  D'Cruz is a model student, citizen, and gun owner and I feel that he will be a strong factor in future of this handgun ban.  The NRA's mission is to uphold Second Amendment's rights and to push for firearm law enforcement, and this recent challenge in court shows their desire for just that.