A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.
- A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.
Counts cited the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June declaring for the first time that the right to "keep and bear arms" under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment protects a person's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. "The Second Amendment is not a 'second class right,'" Counts wrote. "No longer can courts balance away a constitutional right."
Quiroz had been indicted in a Texas state court for burglary and later for bail jumping when he attempted in late 2021 to buy a 22-caliber semiautomatic handgun, leading to his federal indictment.
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