Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms Constitutionality of Felony Gun Ban

The federal law that prohibits felons from possessing firearms and ammunition is constitutional under the US Supreme Court’s most recent Second Amendment precedents, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

The Atlanta-based US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the conviction of Andre Dubois, a felon who attempted to ship a box containing firearms from a store in Georgia.

The ruling reaffirms its previous precedents upholding the felon gun ban and aligns with the Ninth Circuit, which similarly upheld the law in a ruling last month.

The Eleventh Circuit opinion authored by Judge William Pryor said the Supreme Court ...