Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on People Under Indictment Buying Guns

The federal law containing the prohibition is similar to restrictions during the nation’s founding, judges said.

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A federal law that bars people who have been indicted from receiving firearms is lawful, even in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, a federal appeals court has concluded.

18 U.S. Code, Secton 922(n) prohibits people from receiving a gun or ammunition if they are under indictment for a crime punishable by more than one year in prison.