Court rules against felon on gun issue

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled the state's constitutional ban on retroactive application of new laws does not apply to criminal statutes. Tuesday's decision came in the case of a southwest Missouri man accused of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. A trial court dismissed the charge, finding that the felony conviction occurred before legislators broadened the statute making it illegal for convicted felons to possess guns. The Supreme Court reinstated the charge Tuesday.

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