Gun ban for felons enforceable against parolees, 6th Cir. Says

A federal law that prohibits convicted felons from owning a gun can be constitutionally enforced against someone on probation for driving under the influence, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

“The historical record demonstrates a long-standing and specific tradition of the time disarming People who had behaved dangerously as a result of this dangerous behavior,” the chief justice said Julia Smith Gibbons in an opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The ruling is one of several recent decisions challenging the ban on criminal possession. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in May…