Appeals Court Says Supreme Court Didn’t Overrule Gun Ban for Felons

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision last year on the right to carry guns didn’t invalidate a felon gun ban.

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. (Front L–R) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back L–R) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision last year on the right to carry guns outside the home for self-defense purposes didn’t invalidate the longstanding gun law that bars felons from owning firearms, according to an opinion written by a circuit court judge.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit wrote that the Supreme Court decision on the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen “created a new test for determining the scope of the Second Amendment,” but it didn’t “appear to question the constitutionality of longstanding prohibitions on possession of firearms by convicted felons.”