A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old law barring users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms . Patrick Daniels had been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and three years of probation . The ruling means that the man who brought the challenge to the regulation Patrick Daniels will have his July conviction under the law thrown out . The law was one of the laws that federal prosecutors alleged Hunter Biden violated with a gun purchase in Delaware . The Justice Department declined to comment on the ruling . It is the latest blow to US gun regulations after the Supreme Court cleared the way last year for courts to reexamine the nations gun laws under a new legal standard . The decision means that other defendants convicted under the new ruling could seek to challenge their convictions under the judgment . The judgment also means that others convicted of the law within the th Circuit Court of Appeals jurisdiction could appeal their convictions . The circuit covers Louisiana Texas and Mississippi could also seek to appeal their conviction under this ruling . The judge has not yet released any further information about the ruling. The decision. The case is being investigated by a federal judge in Delaware, Delaware, where Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to any of the charges against him. Biden has admitted that he has not committed any wrongdoing in a separate federal firearms violations. He has been accused of violating a number of violations of a gun charge. He is accused of using a firearm in a federal law. The federal prosecutors have declined to provide an explanation. The prosecution has declined to disclose any information. It has been alleged that he was not. The attorney for a federal prosecutor. He said that he had not been identified. It is alleged that it has not been disclosed. It was alleged that there was a violation of a number. The
Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms . Federal appeals
