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Federal Gun Ban Rulings Set New Precedent for Virgin Islands Cases Involving Prior Convictions

13 October 2026
This content originally appeared on The Virgin Islands Consortium.
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The Third Circuit upheld a gun conviction rooted in violent threats but rejected a firearm ban tied to a decades-old DUI, setting binding precedent for federal cases in the Virgin Islands on when a prior conviction can justify denying firearm rights.