Appeals court affirms federal law banning noncitizens from having guns: 'Common sense'

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Appeals court affirms federal law banning noncitizens from having guns: 'Common sense'
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'We should not extend rights to illegal aliens any further than what the law requires,' one judge wrote in his opinion.

TINLEY PARK, IL - DECEMBER 17: A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on December 17, 2012 in Tinley Park, Illinois.

In United States v. Medina-Cantu, the judges for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded a section of federal code barring illegal immigrants from possessing or transporting firearms is constitutional. A district court denied that motion, holding that Bruen does not vacate a previous decision that people living in the U.S. illegally are excluded from the Second Amendment.

“We agree with the Government and hold that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Bruen and Rahimi did not unequivocally abrogate Portillo-Munoz's precedent,” Justices Carolyn King, James Ho and Kurt Engelhardt wrote in their unanimous opinion. “As such, under this circuit’s rule of orderliness, we are bound to follow Portillo-Munoz.”

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