Felons' gun rights
Damion Kent Hallmon v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Damion Kent Hallmon asked the Supreme Court to review whether federal law barring people convicted of felonies from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment, either generally or as applied to him.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Hallmon's request for Supreme Court review but does not resolve whether the federal firearm ban violates the Second Amendment.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The case concerned Hallmon's challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), a federal law barring people convicted of felonies from possessing firearms.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(1) prohibiting all felons from possessing?
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