After thinking about the U.S. Supreme Court’s brand-new test on the scope of the 2nd Change right to have guns, revealed in N.Y. State Rifle & & Handgun Association v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022 ), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit declared its longstanding precedent supporting the constitutionality of a federal statutory restriction on founded guilty felons’ ownership of guns, even for nonviolent felons. Vincent v. Garland, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 24554, at * 1-2 (10th Cir. Sep. 15, 2023).
A Nonviolent Convicted Felon Challenged the Restriction
Melynda Vincent, who was founded guilty of a nonviolent felony (bank scams), challenged the federal restriction on ownership of guns by founded guilty felons developed by the Weapon Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 922( g)( 1 ), arguing that it breaches the 2nd Change rights of nonviolent felons like herself.