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An antique-style muzzleloader. The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the guns, like any other, can't be owned or used by felons.
Charged with a felony in the 90's, Albertson can't legally possess any guns. But, there's a difference between 'possessing' and 'owning' so, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling, he may have an argument.
Under Iowa law, private citizens may not possess automatic firearms, any firearm "other than a shotgun or muzzle loading rifle, cannon, pistol, revolver or musket" with a bore of more than 6/10 of an inch (unless it is an antique made in or before 1898), or any explosive, incendiary or poison gas destructive device., short-barreled rifles ...
The 2019 gun rights case, Kanter v. Barr , in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit centered on the right of a Wisconsin man, Rickey Kanter, to own a firearm after he had served a ...
At least one rifle was used in about 44% of mass public shootings since the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting. [1] The U.S. suffers the highest death toll from gun violence among high income countries and the 2023 Covenant School shooting, which occurred in March, was the 129th such mass shooting in America since the beginning of that year. [2]
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
An FFL cannot sell a firearm to a person convicted of a felony or certain misdemeanors—including those involving domestic violence (such persons cannot legally purchase a firearm from any seller).
Other types of licenses can be obtained for collection and exhibition purposes, such as under the National Firearms Act. [4] In the UK, a citizen can obtain a firearms or shotgun certificate in order to legally purchase and own rifles or shotguns for the purposes of sport and hunting.