Second Amendment Roundup: Circuit Conflict in Felon Gun Ban Cases
On December 23, the Third Circuit en banc handed Bryan Range an early Christmas present by ruling that despite his decades-old conviction for a false statement to obtain food stamps in violation of Pennsylvania law, he “remains among ‘the people’ protected by the Second Amendment.” Further, “the Government did not carry its burden of showing that the principles underlying our Nation’s history and tradition of firearm regulation support disarming Range….” The case is Range v. Attorney General. After […]