Firearms Ban Covering U.S. Capitol Grounds Upheld on Appeal

The firearms ban covering U.S. Capitol grounds doesn’t violate due process or the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the law July 19, denying a challenge by Rodney Class, who pleaded guilty after being found in a car with three guns in a parking area serving the Capitol.

The court had previously held that Class waived his appeal rights, but the U.S. Supreme Court revived the case last year, saying his constitutional arguments couldn’t be waived through a guilty plea.

On remand, the D.C. Circuit confronted those ...