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Florida Ex-Con Loses Appeal To Regain Right To Bear Arms

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The Associated Press

Published: March 13, 2009

ATLANTA - A Florida man didn't get very far with his claim that a constitutional right to bear arms should apply to convicted felons.

Carlton D. Brye, serving 22 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, appealed on grounds including last year's Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia vs. Heller, which overturned a ban on gun possession in the nation's capital.

Brye, arrested in Clearwater in 2007, said the ruling upheld Second Amendment rights of all Americans to "use arms for self-defense."

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the argument Friday. A three-judge panel noted the Supreme Court cautioned that its 2008 opinion should not "cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons."

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