Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · No. 23-1251 · 121 F.4th 96
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
dissolved the injunction and allowed the 21-year minimum purchase age to take effect, at the preliminary injunction stage
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What the court held
Colorado's SB 23-169 set twenty-one as the minimum age to purchase a firearm, with exceptions for active-duty military and peace officers, and it did not restrict possession, use, inheritance, or gifts. A district court preliminarily enjoined the law the day it was to take effect. The Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded with instructions to dissolve the injunction, canvassing 19th- and early 20th-century laws restricting sales of firearms to those under twenty-one.
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What this case is about
Colorado law setting twenty-one as the minimum age for the sale and purchase of firearms
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Key Dates
- 2024-11-05 — Decided
- 2024-05-14 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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