Case challenging interstate handgun purchase bans appealed to SCOTUS
A long-running challenge to the federal law prohibiting handgun sales to out-of-state residents has been docketed with the nation’s highest court.
The
legal challenge came from a Washington, D.C. couple — Andrew and Tracey Hanson — who tried to buy handguns from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Texas but could not due to federal law adopted in the 1960s. Together with FFL holder Frederic Mance, the couple joined with gun rights advocates of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in taking the government on, arguing that since the advent of federal background check systems the law makes little sense.
“The ban on interstate handgun sales was adopted decades ago, prior to the advent of the National Instant Check System that is now in place,” said Alan Gottlieb, CCRKBA chair. “The Hansons have essentially been denied the ability to legally purchase a handgun from a licensed retailer because of this prohibition.”
https://www.guns.com/news/2018/11/2...ndgun-purchase-bans-appealed-to-supreme-court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-663/72489/20181119123335039_3-petition.pdf
Don't think the SCOTUS agreed to rule on this.
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