AB355 makes it illegal for a person who is less than 21 years of age to possess a “semiautomatic shotgun” or “semiautomatic centerfire rifle.”
The Senate passed AB355 on May 15, 2023, by a vote of 12 to 8. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill increases Nevada’s broad and blatantly unconstitutional firearms restrictions, which erode the rights of law-abiding adult gun owners. The Second Amendment expressly declares that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” without exception on account of age. Moreover, the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, in conjunction with the 26th Amendment, prevent “any State” from depriving or denying “any person,” such as “citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older,” of their “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”