RALEIGH -- North Carolina's Supreme Court has upheld a state law that bars felons from possessing firearms, reining in a controversial ruling that made an exception for a nonviolent felon.
The court ruled Friday that a 2004 state law barring convicted felons from having a gun did not unconstitutionally punish felons.
The court said a Moore County man with a series of drug convictions and taking indecent liberties with a child stretching over nearly a quarter century couldn't argue his constitutional right to own guns was violated.
