The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday ruled that the Second Amendment doesn’t stop the government from prosecuting people under indictment who cross state lines with a legally-owned firearm.

A three-judge Fourth Circuit panel on Sept. 12 affirmed the conviction of Brandon Glen Jackson, who was under indictment in Arizona when he was arrested in Hagerstown in February 2022.

Jackson’s felony indictment under state law, for “misconduct involving firearms,” and a federal law banning traveling across state lines with a gun while under felony indictment are fairly straightforward.

But the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which expanded gun rights , threw the prosecution into question.

The decision required the court to undertake a multi-step “text-and-histor

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