On the heels of a U.S. appeals court ruling on January 30 against a federal law banning handgun sales to persons under 21, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has reintroduced a bill that would officially repeal that law.

Massie’s bill, HR 1643, is titled the “Second Amendment for Every Registrable Voter” and would repeal the current federal law that prevents voting age adults between 18 and 20 years of age from purchasing a handgun from federally licensed firearms dealers (FFL).

In a post on X announcing HR 1643, Massie posed the question as to why a 20 year old mom should be denied the right to defend herself.

The bill, if enacted into law, would reduce the minimum age to purchase a handgun from 21 to 18 years of age.

Last month, a three judge panel of the U.S. 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that the law requiring handgun purchasers to be 21 was a violation of the Second Amendment and that people aged 18 to 20 should not be prohibited from buying handguns.

The court wrote, “Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to-twenty-year-old individuals among ‘the people’ whose right to keep and bear arms is protected,” before sending the case back to a lower court judge.

Other states like Minnesota, Virginia and Texas have struck down similar laws after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that firearm restrictions must be rooted in the nation’s historic traditions.

Massie had referenced the Court of Appeals ruling in a Feb 5 post on X where he stated, “If you’re old enough to vote or to serve in our military, you’re covered by the Second Amendment too.”

The SAFER Voter Act would bring federal law into alignment with the Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling by providing 18 to 20 year olds with the same access to firearms for personal protection as those who are 21 or older.

According to USA Carry, individual state laws could still apply which means that some states might still maintain higher age restrictions.