Fifth Circuit will review if law barring felons from possessing guns is federal overreach

Clause to a general police power of the sort retained by the States,’” he wrote. “So, while the issue was not presented in this case, the Court, and lower courts, should revisit the constitutionality of §922(g).”

The Fifth Circuit has yet to schedule oral arguments for the rehearing, but whichever way the full appeals court rules, the case will likely continue reading …