A federal appeals court in New Orleans recently ruled that illegal alien invaders don’t have the right to bear arms as outlined by the Second Amendment. The case in question dealt with a Mexican national who was convicted of unlawfully possessing a handgun and contended that the prohibition was unconstitutional.
A three-judge panel of the 5th United States Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, issued a ruling on August 27, 2024 that federal bans on illegal alien invaders owning guns was legal, and Second Amendment rights do not apply to individuals who have entered the US illegally.
The ruling came in response to an appeal by Jose Paz Medina-Cantu, who was previously arrested by Border Patrol agents in Texas in 2022 and charged with the illegal possession of a handgun and illegally re-entering the US after being deported on a previous occasion.
Medina-Cantu pleaded guilty and was sentenced last in 2023 to 15 months in prison. However, he maintained the right to argue on appeal that the firearm charge infringed on his right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment.