Uthmeier elaborates on why a ‘nondangerous’ felon shouldn’t be banned from owning a firearm

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 587

Last Updated: 1 day, 15 hours ago

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is elaborating on his newly espoused legal opinion that Florida’s ban on felons possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment when it comes to those who have committed nonviolent felony offenses.

In a supplemental brief filed Wednesday night, Uthmeier urges the state’s First District Court of Appeal to reverse the conviction of Christopher Morgan after he pleaded no contest to his felon-possession charge in 2025.

In 2007, Morgan was convicted of …

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