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Supreme Court Takes Up Issue of Felons Being Forced to Give Up Guns

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari yesterday on whether a Florida man convicted of drug crimes could be forced to give up his firearms, Reuters' Lawrence Hurley reports. Tony Henderson, a former Border Patrol agent, wanted to sell the guns or transfer ownership to his wife, but the lower courts have ruled that the federal ban on felons possessing firearms terminates all their ownership rights.