HONOLULU (CN) — Hawaii can keep 18-year-olds from buying guns, a federal judge ruled, siding with the state in a Second Amendment challenge to its law that requires gunowners to be 21.
U.S. District Judge Jill Otake found Hawaii’s restrictions fit within the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation, denying the plaintiffs’ motion to declare the law unconstitutional and granting the state’s counter-motion for summary judgment on Monday.
Juda Roache, a Honolulu resident over 18 but under 21, filed the lawsuit along with two licensed Hawaii gun dealers barred from selling to customers his age…