{"id":11518,"date":"2015-05-18T14:36:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T18:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2015-05-18T14:36:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T18:36:25","slug":"scotus-says-felons-can-sell-their-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11518","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS says felons can sell their guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a win for gun rights, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uticaod.com\/article\/20150518\/NEWS\/150519415\" target=\"_blank\">SCOTUS unanimously ruled in the case of Henderson v. U.S.<\/a> that the government cannot prevent a convicted felon who is barred from possessing firearms from trying to sell his guns after they are confiscated by the authorities.\u00a0 Writing on behalf of the court, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/about\/biographies.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Elena Kagan<\/a> said letting a convicted felon sell or transfer guns is allowed as long as the person getting the guns won&#8217;t give the felon control over them.<\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysrpa.org\/files\/henderson_v_us-amicus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the brief NYSRPA filed<\/a> in support of the plaintiff.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D11518&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11518\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11518\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11518\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a win for gun rights, SCOTUS unanimously ruled in the case of Henderson v. 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