Fed Appeals Court Rules on Minor Crimes

[ZigZagZeke]

3rd District rules that minor crimes do not cancel gun rights.

APPEALS COURT RULES THAT NON-SERIOUS CONVICTIONS DO NOT ERASE 2A RIGHTS | Second Amendment Foundation

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[RicInOR]

Missed this with my searches - adding some keywords.

Suarez v. the U.S. Attorney General
Binderup v. the U.S. Attorney General

APPEALS COURT RULES THAT NON-SERIOUS CONVICTIONS DO NOT ERASE 2A RIGHTS | Second Amendment Foundation

BELLEVUE, WA – The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that individuals convicted of certain non-serious misdemeanor crimes do not lose their fundamental rights under the Second Amendment in a decision involving two separate cases brought by the Second Amendment Foundation [SAF].

 

[RicInOR]

Follow up -

Revisiting Restrictions on the Right to Bear Arms


In January, the federal government applied for certiorari to the Supreme Court in Binderup v. Holder, which consolidates two such cases.
Daniel Binderup & Julio Suarez



Section 922(g)(1)

18 U.S. Code Chapter 44 - FIREARMS
18 U.S. Code § 922 - Unlawful acts
18 U.S. Code § 922 - Unlawful acts

(g)It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

 

[Slobray]

Now we wait to see if SCOTUS will hear this or keep kicking the can down the road like they've been doing with Peruta.

Sessions v. Binderup - SCOTUSblog


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