Also, because Heller did not set forth an explicit framework for assessing whether firearms laws are consistent with the Second Amendment, lower. Zettergren had been barred from possessing firearms because of two felony convictions.Each year, more than 8000 people are convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). How can a person forever lose his right to bear arms because he was convicted of the felony offense of bearing arms? Bruen, in which the Court announced a new historical tradition standard to assess laws and regulations challenged under the Second Amendment. I've blogged previously about the Britt and Whitaker cases. 5. I have not been convicted of any misdemeanor crime of violence described in G.S. 14-415.4(e)(6) since the conviction of the felony. An error has occurred. Thus, our earlier historical analysis sufficed to show that the Second. In effect, no one in the District could possess a functional firearm in his or her own residence.