3 minute read
January 6, 20235:07 PM EST
Last Updated 19 hours ago

U.S. appeals court to reconsider ban on nonviolent felons owning guns

By Nate Raymond

- Full 3rd Circuit to consider on Feb. 15 a ban on nonviolent felons owning guns

- Case follows major U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment ruling

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said it would reconsider next month whether a federal law prohibiting nonviolent felons from owning firearms is constitutional in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year expanding gun rights.

The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to have the full court rehear the case of a Pennsylvania man convicted of welfare fraud who argued the ban violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms.

A three-judge panel in November had ruled against Bryan Range, who had argued it was unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's June holding in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.


[...]