{"id":257218,"date":"2026-10-01T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=257218"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:14:33","slug":"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decade-old marijuana cultivation conviction now sits at the center of another major Second Amendment fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and Firearms Policy Coalition filed a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/saf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Johnson-amicus-10.1.26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\">amicus brief<\/a> Thursday in <em>Johnson v. United States<\/em>. The groups want the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the federal lifetime firearm ban imposed on people with felony convictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2A_Felony.png\" alt=\"Scales holding a handgun and law book outside the Supreme Court with a broken chain and open padlock.\" class=\"wp-image-257220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2A_Felony.png 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2A_Felony-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2A_Felony-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2A_Felony-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SAF, NRA and FPC are asking the Supreme Court to review a lifetime federal gun ban stemming from a nonviolent marijuana conviction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-key-takeaways\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joseph Johnson\u2019s only predicate felony involved marijuana cultivation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The nonviolent conviction resulted in probation, not prison.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAF, NRA and FPC argue that history supports disarming dangerous people, not every person convicted of a felony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Supreme Court has scheduled the petition for its October 9 conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-key-takeaways\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" data-level=\"2\">Key Takeaways<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-marijuana-conviction-leads-to-permanent-gun-ban\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" data-level=\"2\">Marijuana Conviction Leads to Permanent Gun Ban<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-tenth-circuit-says-the-felony-label-ends-the-debate\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" data-level=\"2\">Tenth Circuit Says the Felony Label Ends the Debate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-groups-point-to-dangerousness-not-felony-status\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" data-level=\"2\">Groups Point to \u201cDangerousness,\u201d Not Felony Status<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-happens-next\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" data-level=\"2\">What Happens Next?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-marijuana-conviction-leads-to-permanent-gun-ban\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marijuana Conviction Leads to Permanent Gun Ban<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Frederick Johnson was convicted in Colorado in 2015 for cultivating marijuana. According to his Supreme Court petition, the offense involved growing marijuana plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson received probation, which ended early. He has never been convicted of a violent offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, that conviction permanently placed him under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(g)(1). The federal statute prohibits firearm or ammunition possession by anyone convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal prosecutors indicted Johnson in December 2024 on two felon-in-possession counts. Police discovered firearms and ammunition during two separate encounters, including a routine traffic stop and a welfare check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson moved to dismiss the indictment. He argued that applying the lifetime ban to him violated the Second Amendment because his only felony was nonviolent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The district court rejected that argument. Johnson later pleaded guilty while preserving his right to appeal. He received a sentence of 366 days in federal prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-tenth-circuit-says-the-felony-label-ends-the-debate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tenth Circuit Says the Felony Label Ends the Debate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tenth Circuit affirmed Johnson\u2019s conviction in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appeals court relied on its earlier decision in <em>Vincent v. Bondi<\/em>. That ruling held that \u00a7 922(g)(1) remains constitutional for everyone convicted of a felony, including people with nonviolent convictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, the Tenth Circuit does not allow someone like Johnson to bring an individualized Second Amendment challenge. The nature of the original offense does not change the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s Supreme Court petition argues that federal appeals courts are now divided 6-3 over that question. Three circuits allow at least some nonviolent offenders to challenge the ban as applied to their individual circumstances. Six circuits categorically reject those challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson is not asking the Supreme Court to immediately invalidate every felon firearm prohibition. His petition asks a narrower question: Can someone whose only felony was nonviolent receive an individualized constitutional review?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-groups-point-to-dangerousness-not-felony-status\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groups Point to \u201cDangerousness,\u201d Not Felony Status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SAF, NRA and FPC brief argues that America\u2019s historical tradition supports disarming dangerous people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes violent individuals and people who presented a demonstrated threat to the government or public. However, the groups say the historical record contains no comparable tradition of permanently disarming every peaceful person convicted of a nonviolent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their brief also argues that people convicted of crimes routinely returned to society during the Founding era. Once released, able-bodied men could still be required to possess arms and serve in the militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some early laws even protected firearms from government seizure during debt collection and other civil proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no tradition of disarming peaceable citizens,\u201d the brief states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The groups argue that courts have misread the Supreme Court\u2019s statement in <em>District of Columbia v. Heller<\/em> describing felony firearm prohibitions as \u201cpresumptively lawful.\u201d According to the brief, \u201cpresumptively\u201d does not mean every application of the law is automatically constitutional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, every restriction must still survive the historical analysis required by <em>New York State Rifle &amp; Pistol Association v. Bruen<\/em>. The government must identify a relevant American tradition supporting the restriction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brief contends that the historical basis for felony disarmament involved dangerousness, not the modern felony label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-happens-next\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Happens Next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson filed his Supreme Court petition on August 27. The Department of Justice waived its right to respond on September 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Court distributed the case for consideration during its October 9 conference. SAF, NRA and FPC submitted their joint brief on October 1. The Cato Institute also filed a separate brief supporting Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The justices could deny the petition, request a government response, hold the case for another pending matter or agree to hear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the central question remains unresolved: Should a single nonviolent marijuana conviction permanently erase someone\u2019s Second Amendment rights without any finding that the person is dangerous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAF, NRA and FPC say American history answers that question with a clear no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"saf-nra-scotus-nonviolent-felon-gun-ban\" title=\"Brief: No Lifetime Gun Ban for Nonviolent Felons!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Frederick Johnson was convicted in Colorado in 2015 for cultivating marijuana. 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