In a move alarming groups working to prevent gun violence, the DOJ declined to continue to defend a federal law setting 21 as the minimum age to own a handgun after an appeals court ruled the restriction unconstitutional. The DOJ also told the Supreme Court that the federal government no longer opposes all aspects of the Missouri law blocked by a lower court. after the Biden administration. Others challenged it that would penalize state police for enforcing federal gun control laws. (34:00–34:10)
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Asserts that the DOJ changed its stance on opposing aspects of a Missouri law.
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