A U.S. court ruled that the ban on selling firearms to individuals under 21 years old is unconstitutional.

On Thursday, January 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against a federal law that requires young individuals to be at least 21 years old to purchase firearms, declaring it a violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, writes NBC News.

The decision was made by a panel of three judges in New Orleans.

The court determined that individuals aged 18 to 20 should not be prohibited from buying guns.

“Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen- to twenty-year-olds among the 'people' whose right to keep and bear arms is protected,” the court ruling stated.

Thus, the ruling sends the case back for review by a lower court judge.

Previously, the appellate court had upheld age restrictions. However, following a Supreme Court decision indicating that firearm regulations should be based on the country’s historical traditions, judges in Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas annulled similar laws.

NBC reminded that the U.S. Supreme Court decided last year to uphold the federal gun law. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, this law mandates that individuals must be 21 years old to purchase a handgun from a licensed firearms dealer and 18 years old to buy a long gun from a dealer.