Daily Signal:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held this week in Range v. Garland that the government cannot disarm people convicted of minor, nonviolent offenses. In doing so, it handed down perhaps the most significant Second Amendment victory since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last year, where it held that Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defense.
The Third Circuit’s decision in Range is noteworthy for several reasons and likely sets up one of the next major Second Amendment battles at the Supreme Court. So, what, exactly, was this case about, and what can we expect next?
In 1995, Bryan Range was struggling to financially provide for his wife and three young children with an annual income that placed the family of five well below the federal poverty line. He signed and submitted an application for food stamps that understated his income—a criminal misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, where he lived.
He accepted full responsibility for the misrepresentation, pled guilty to a single count of making a false statement to obtain food stamps, paid almost $3000 in restitution and fines, and completed his sentence of three years probation without incident. By all accounts, this was Range’s only significant interaction with the criminal justice system, and he has been an upstanding citizen for nearly three decades.
Nevertheless, because Range was convicted of a misdemeanor that, at least in Pennsylvania, carried a possible sentence of more than two years imprisonment, federal law prohibits Range from purchasing or possessing firearms until Pennsylvania restores his Second Amendment rights. MORE HERE
But we’ll still lawfare you to death, bankrupt you with lawyers even as we keep you in prison without a trial with our taxpayer paid prosecutors allowed to tell any lie and use any procedure to hold you until no one pays attention any more.
Ask your J6ers how that works.
And happy doxxing day to your family while you’re in.
Always wanna make sure everyone knows you’re not at home and your family is disarmed.
Arizona(!) questioned, and have so far denied, my 2nd CCW ***RENEWAL*** because a DUI I got 52 YEARS AGO (in 1971, when I was still 21) turned up on my background check. Lefters are working overtime to try and disqualify anyone for anything I guess…
I got a letter from Rand Paul saying the UN wants a Universal Gun Registry and a ban on private sales. Like so many other freedoms lost, you can bet the dems will force this on us. Don’t count on SCOTUS to stop it.
I wonder (not really) why we haven’t heard about this.
ru gubmint-nwords faster than Pb?
Non-violent offenses?
Like smoking weed?
Sure.