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43 Cardozo L. Rev. 1573 (2021-2022)
In Defense of Felon-in-Possession Laws

handle is hein.journals/cdozo43 and id is 1627 raw text is: IN DEFENSE OF FELON-IN-POSSESSION LAWS Dru Stevensont TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1574 I. CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO THE FELON-IN-POSSESSION LAW...........1578 A. Unanimous Circuits and Dozens of Cert Denials ..............................1578 B. The Rehaif Problem and Greer ............................................................1580 C. Continuing Attacks on the Felon-in-Possession Laws .......................1585 II. THE CENTRALITY OF THE FELON-IN-POSSESSION LAWS IN FIREARMS REGULATION O VERALL.....................................................................................1589 A. The Most Frequently Enforced Gun Laws...........................................1590 B. The O rigins Story ..................................................................................1592 C. Felon Prohibitions and the Background Check System .....................1594 D. Felon-in-Possession and Straw Purchaser Cases ................................1598 E. Do the Laws Work? ...............................................................................1599 F. Unlawful Possession Removal Petitions: The Ayres-Vars Proposal.. 1601 III. THE UNWORKABLE DISTINCTION BETWEEN VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT CRIMES, OR DANGEROUS AND NONDANGEROUS FELONS........................ 1605 A. The Unworkability of Categorizing Crimes of Violence in the ACCA and Sentencing Context ........................................................................1606 B. Individualized, Fact-Based Determinations of Dangerousness ........1614 C. The New Rehaif Problem with Distinguishing Felony Types ............1621 D . Law Enforcem ent...................................................................................1624 E. Lessons Learned from the Existing Statutory Exemptions for Certain F elonies ...................................................................................................1625 T Wayne Fischer Research Professor, South Texas College of Law Houston. The author would like to thank his institution for supporting this research with a summer writing stipend. Special thanks to Karen Duffin, Graciela Garcia, and Mackenzie McDonald for invaluable help as research assistants. 1573

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