US Court Rules Nonviolent Offenders Can Own Guns Despite Convictions

A federal appeals court in the US has ruled that the government cannot ban people convicted of non-violent crimes from possessing guns. The decision comes from a lawsuit filed by Bryan Range, who was barred from possessing a gun after pleading guilty to welfare fraud. The court ruled that the government had failed to point to any laws from the United States’ founding establishing a tradition of disarming non-violent criminals.