This bill — the SAFER Voter Act — would lower the federal minimum age to buy a handgun from 21 to 18 years of age, the same age at which a person becomes eligible to vote and an adult in the eyes of the law. Currently, federal law prohibits licensed gun dealers from allowing anyone under age 21 to buy a handgun — although they can buy rifles or shotguns.
The bill’s full title is the Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act.