united-states discrimination
Can private companies deny buying firearms for persons under 21?
<p>Several companies have changed policies requiring you be 21 years old to buy firearms. </p>

<p>I am wondering if refusal of service of persons under 21 s similar to a  baker/florist refusing service based on religious beliefs?</p>

<p><strong>Question:</strong> Can private companies deny buying firearms for persons under 21?</p>

<p>As the comments suggest, "too young" is not a protected class.  </p>

<p>As another example of this principle, <em>most</em> car rental companies (if not all) will not rent to anyone under 25 years of age (regardless of their driving record or insurance status).  This is not a legal restriction, but a standard industry practice.</p>

<p>Companies can legally claim that they believe any kind of fiction about their customers if it's not explicitly illegal to do so.  If they think that being below a certain age makes a person too young to have a good judgement, they don't need to be correct about it.  They can act on that opinion (and lose business) as they please.</p>
