EXSUM: Man struggling to get by with wife & raising 3 kids understates his salary in application for food stamps. Turns out later that conviction - making a false statement - yields a "Denied" when trying to purchase a firearms. District Court upholds, but Third Circuit reverses with the following:
Quote:
Bryan Range appeals the District Court’s summary
judgment rejecting his claim that the federal “felon-in-
possession” law—18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—violates his Second
Amendment right to keep and bear arms. We agree with Range
that, despite his false statement conviction, he remains among
“the people” protected by the Second Amendment. And
because the Government did not carry its burden of showing
that the principles underlying our Nation’s history and tradition
of firearm regulation support disarming Range, we will reverse
and remand.
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