Federal Appeals Court Rules some Nonviolent Felons Can Legally Own Guns
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that some nonviolent felony convictions cannot constitutionally trigger the federal ban on gun possession.
- The court upheld the restriction against James Bost, whose convictions followed a 2002 carjacking, because his crimes indicated a risk of firearm misuse.
- The court ruled that the ban could not apply to Edward Williams based on his earlier driving-under-the-influence convictions.
- The rulings followed the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision requiring modern gun laws to align with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.
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Federal appeals court rules some nonviolent felons can legally own guns
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the prohibition on the possession of firearms for convicted persons could not be applied to certain persons whose past offences were not related to violence; the Third District Federal Court of Appeal issued two decisions clarifying the application of the prohibition on the possession of firearms for convicted prisoners, wrote Fox News. The Court upheld the restriction on the possession of weapons for …
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The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a challenge to a federal law permanently prohibiting people convicted of felonies from possessing firearms, leaving in place a ruling involving a man whose only prior felony was a nonviolent marijuana cultivation conviction. In an order issued October 13, the justices denied a petition filed by Joseph Frederick Johnson, who argued that permanently…
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