On Thursday a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided that Steven Duarte, a felon, has a “right to possess a firearm for self-defense.”
Courthouse News Service noted Duarte has five felony convictions and was a member of a street gang in Los Angeles.
The decision upholding Duarte’s gun rights was split, with George W. Bush appointee Carlos Bea and Donald Trump appointee Lawrence VanDyke deciding in the majority.
Bea wrote the majority opinion, noted the panel tested the prohibition against felons possessing guns in light of Bruen (2022) and found the government did not have a sufficient substantiation.
Bruen requires that gun control align with historical tradition and the intent of America’s founders. Bea and VanDyke did not believe the blanket prohibition against felons possessing firearms survived scrutiny.
You do the crime you do the time. Once freed they should have the same Constitutional rights as anyone else.
If they’re so dangerous that they can’t be trusted with a legal firearm (as though they can’t get an illegal one or gf/wife straw buyer) they shouldn’t be free. Being free implies the Constitutional rights of a free man.
You do the crime you do the time. Once freed they should have the same Constitutional rights as anyone else.
agree, if you're too dangerous to possess a firearm you should be locked up and not on the street.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
Well gents, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. There is a process for change. Stop whining and get to work.
You live in New Hampshire. The land where your state Constitution doesn't even provide for or protect the right to raise a militia. Your comments always crack me up.
Well gents, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. There is a process for change. Stop whining and get to work.
You live in New Hampshire. The land where your state Constitution doesn't even provide for or protect the right to raise a militia. Your comments always crack me up.
Don't spew lies. You don't know what your lying about.
America is (supposed to be) a Republic, NOT a democracy. Learn the difference, help end the lie. Fear a government that fears your guns.
[quote=RAM]Well gents, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. There is a process for change. Stop whining and get to work.
You live in New Hampshire. The land where your state Constitution doesn't even provide for or protect the right to raise a militia. Your comments always crack me up.
You ask the Government for permission to revolt? We just kill the muthaphukers.
PS, it's State Constitution, perhaps you could get someone to read it to you.
America is (supposed to be) a Republic, NOT a democracy. Learn the difference, help end the lie. Fear a government that fears your guns.