The 9th Circuit appellate court ruled that a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means a blanket prohibition on convicted felons possessing firearms violates their 2nd Amendment rights, at least when it comes to nonviolent offenders who served out their sentence.
Good we have way to many stupid felonies these days. It kills the misdemeanor/felony distinction.
The only charges the person in question had prior to the gun charge were vandalism, evading the police, and possession of a controlled substance. Given the low bar for the second and the commonality for the first and last it’s unreasonable to have such severe punishment.