‘Non-Dangerous Felon’ Opinion Leaves More Immediate Danger Unresolved

Summary

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (now U.S. Senator) originally prosecuted Christopher Morgan for felon-in-possession, following a 2007 Pennsylvania conviction for carrying a firearm without a state license. However, the current Florida Attorney General, in Morgan's appeal, has taken the position that Morgan's conviction for being a felon in possession violated his Second Amendment rights, arguing that the amendment permits dispossessing only 'dangerous' felons, not all felons categorically.