Supreme Court Looks at Federal 3-Strikes Gun Law

The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes a 15-year minimum sentence for gun crimes on those with three violent felony or drug convictions.
Supreme Court Looks at Federal 3-Strikes Gun Law
United States Supreme Court justices in their official portrait: (from L) Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Chief Justice John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan, on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court weighed on Nov. 27 how sentences under a federal three-strikes gun law should be imposed on defendants previously convicted of violent felonies or major drug offenses.

Federal law prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms.