Anthony Browne v. Kimberly Reynolds
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · No. 24-1952
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Upheld Iowa's lifetime firearms ban on forcible felons and affirmed dismissal of the as-applied claim.
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What the court held
A man convicted of a forcible felony in Iowa in 1991 argued that the state's permanent bar on firearm possession, and its rule making forcible felons ineligible for restoration of firearms rights, violated the Second Amendment as applied to him. The Eighth Circuit found he had standing because applying would have been futile, but affirmed dismissal on the merits, relying on United States v. Jackson to hold that felon dispossession is constitutional as a categorical matter with no individualized dangerousness inquiry required. The court added that Iowa in any event offers a route to restoration through a gubernatorial pardon.
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What this case is about
Iowa firearm prohibition and restoration of firearm rights
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Key Dates
- 2025-09-02 — Decided
- 2025-05-13 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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