The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to federal law barring nonviolent felons from owning firearms, leaving intact the Gun Control Act of 1968. The case involved Melynda Vincent, a Utah woman barred from gun ownership after a 2008 felony bank fraud conviction for cashing a fraudulent check worth roughly $500.

Vincent appealed after lower courts ruled the restriction did not violate her Second Amendment rights. The Trump administration urged the court to reject the challenge, noting that Attorney General Pam Bondi has authority to restore gun rights to eligible nonviolent felons. The justices have recently turned away numerous similar cases.

The decision maintains the court's pattern of upholding certain gun restrictions while expanding Second Amendment protections in other contexts. This comes as the court considers two additional Second Amendment cases this term, including challenges to Hawaii's handgun restrictions on private property and federal laws barring drug users from owning firearms.