State and local prosecutors will appeal a Louisville judge’s ruling last week that a convicted felon can’t be prosecuted on a firearms charge because it violates his Second Amendment rights.
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Melissa Logan Bellows ruled March 13 that it is unconstitutional for prosecutors to move forward with their case against Jecory Lamont Frazier under a state law prohibiting felons from owning a gun because it doesn’t outweigh the Second Amendment right that belongs to “all Americans.”
On Friday, Attorney General Russell Coleman and Jefferson Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina Whethers announced in a press release they would ask the state Court of Appeals to review the ruling.
“Violent crime and deadly drugs are Louisville’s most urgent challenges,” Coleman said in the press release.
“We are appealing this order because it defies good common sense and would give even the most violent felon a broad right to possess deadly weapons.
The most ardent supporters of the Second Amendment – me included – recognize the constitutionality of laws prohibiting the possession of firearms by felons like the defendant here.”
Logan Bellows ruled that it is unconstitutional for prosecutors to move forward with their case against Jecory Lamont Frazier under a state law prohibiting felons from owning a gun because it doesn’t outweigh the Second Amendment right that belongs to “all Americans.”
On Tuesday, Bellows indicated she may change her order after talking with the state Court of Appeals but as of yet has not issued a new ruling.
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