The Sixth Circuit found that a Tennessee district court properly denied convicted felon Erik Williams’s attempt to dismiss his gun possession indictment on grounds that it violated the Second Amendment.
Congress may disarm people they believe to be dangerous as long as disarmed individuals have an opportunity to show they’re not actually dangerous, the opinion said, and Williams had the opportunity, but failed, to show that he isn’t dangerous.
Williams was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm after Memphis police stopped him for speeding and found a loaded pistol in the trunk. He previously robbed two ...