(TNS) A Kentucky law that bans people convicted of felonies from carrying firearms will remain on the books, the state Court of Appeals ruled.

In a 58-page decision announced Oct. 3, the Kentucky court reversed a trial court’s opinion that said a convicted felon could not be prosecuted for firearms charges because it violates their Constitutional rights.

The question arose when Jecory Lamont Fraizer, 41, requested his felon-in-possession in charge be dismissed by a Jefferson County judge in October 2023, saying Kentucky’s law violated his Second Amendment right.

Frazier cited a three-year-old United States Supreme Court case precedent made in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. That ruling struck down New York’s strict handgun licensing law which required a “proper cause

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