马萨诸塞州最高法院5比2维持禁令：21岁以下不得持手枪 许可
马萨诸塞州最高司法法院10月20日在 Commonwealth v. Thomson（案号SJC-13856）一案中以5比2裁定，维持州法禁止向18至20岁、其他条件合格的成年人核发持枪许可的规定。多数意见认为，这项以年龄为界的许可限制符合美国联邦最高法院在 Bruen案中确立的审查框架，即与全国枪支管制的历史传统相一致，并援引殖民时期及美国早期涉及青年与民兵的法规作为历史参照。
两名大法官持不同意见，批评多数意见对历史法规的类比过于宽泛。裁决意味着该州21岁以下成年人仍无法取得携带手枪的许可，相关限制继续有效。
此案是 Bruen案后各州年龄类枪支法规在州级法院接受检验的最新一例，裁决全文已由法院公布，后续是否上诉至联邦法院仍待观察。
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Ban on Handgun Licenses for Under-21s, 5-2
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court voted 5 to 2 to uphold the state's ban on issuing handgun licenses to people under 21, in Commonwealth v. Thomson (SJC-13856).
The majority applied the framework of the U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision, looking to colonial-era and early militia laws as historical analogues for age-based restrictions.
The dissent argued the historical analogy was stretched too broadly and would sustain restrictions beyond what the Second Amendment allows. The decision keeps Massachusetts's under-21 handgun licensing prohibition in force while similar age-based gun laws continue to be litigated in other states.
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