En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Non-Violent Felon Gun Ban

En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Non-Violent Felon Gun Ban

The government can permanently disarm non-violent felons despite the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled. On Friday, an en banc panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed defendant Steven Duarte’s conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The panel claimed that both Supreme Court dicta and the country’s historical tradition of weapons regulation support… Source