SCOTUS Denies Cert in Three Cases Challenging Ban on Gun Ownership by Nonviolent Felons

  In one of the cases before the court, a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in 2005 challenged the ban on purchasing or owning a gun. In another, a Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to making a false statement on her tax returns sued over the ban. In a third, a … Read more

Federal Lifetime Gun Bans of Non-Violent Felons are Illegal, Argues FPC

Many have argued that there’s no reason to deny convicted felons their guns rights once they’ve paid their debt to society. If they’re deemed safe enough to release from prison, the thinking goes, why can’t they exercise their Second Amendment rights as they would any other? This seems particularly reasonable in the case of felons … Read more