http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2015/02/12/federal-judge-rules-ban-on-interstate-handgun-sales-unconstitutional-n1956685
Federal Judge Rules Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Unconstitutional
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor
stemmed from a challenge to the ban brought by a Texas firearms dealer
and a couple from the District of Columbia in July 2014.
The
federal law prohibits a dealer from transferring a handgun, but not a
rifle or shotgun, to an individual who does not live in the state in
which the dealer's business is located. […]
Andrew and Tracey
Hanson met with licensed firearms dealer Fredric Mance Jr. in Texas
about buying two handguns, but did not complete the transaction because
they could not take immediate possession of the weapons, according to
court papers.
Federal law required Mance to transfer the
handguns to a federally licensed dealer where the Hansons live, Charles
Sykes in the District of Columbia, where they could complete the
purchase after paying shipping and transfer fees.
The Hansons
and Mance, all members of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep
and Bear Arms, argued in their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Texas that the ban limits consumer choices and
infringes on their rights.
