JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has upheld the lifetime gun restriction for a man who sued Iowa’s Governor Reynolds and a Johnson County Sheriff.

In 1991, Anthony Browne was convicted of committing willful injury causing serious injury to another and criminal gang participation in Iowa. He was not allowed to have guns, apply for restoration of firearms rights, or to receive a permit to get a gun.

He completed his sentence in 1998 and has adhered to the law since then, according to the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.

Court documents say Browne sued Iowa Governor Reynolds and Johnson County Sheriff Kunkel, in state court before moving to federal court, claiming that his Second Amendment rights had been violated.

He argues that his prior co

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