Texas judge rules that people under felony indictment have the right to buy guns under the Second Amendment

Guns at McBride’s Guns in Austin in 2013. (Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune)

It is no longer constitutional to ban people under felony indictment from buying guns, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday.

U.S. District Judge David Counts, appointed by former President Donald Trump to Texas’ western federal district, found that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from June invalidates federal law which prohibits those charged with a felony from obtaining a gun. It was not immediately clear if the ruling would be appealed.