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USA v Steven Duarte Appeal of Ban On Felons Owning Firearms

The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc (with a larger panel of judges), reheard the case and reversed the earlier decision, reinstating Duarte's conviction. The en banc court upheld the federal law preventing felons from owning firearms, asserting that the government demonstrated the permanent disarmament of felons was consistent with the country's historical tradition of firearm regulation.The ruling followed the Supreme Court's 2024 decision in United States v. Rahimi, which clarified that a "historical twin" was not required for gun regulations, limiting the scope of the 2022 Bruen decision. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a critic of recent Ninth Circuit gun control rulings, dissented from the majority's constitutional analysis. He argued the court gave legislatures unchecked power to disarm citizens and demonstrated a prejudice against the Second Amendment.