17 years ago, she lost her gun rights for passing a bad check. She wants SCOTUS to rectify that injustice.

17 years ago, she lost her gun rights for passing a bad check. She wants SCOTUS to rectify that injustice.

Seventeen years ago, Melynda Vincent was convicted of bank fraud because she paid for groceries with a bad check for $498. Although bank fraud can be punished by up to 30 years in prison under federal law, Vincent was sentenced to probation, which she successfully completed before earning three university degrees and launching a career as a social worker. In 2016, she founded the Utah Harm Reduction Coalition, which aims to "provide evidence-bas…

2A Groups Urge SCOTUS to Accept Case Challenging Gun Ban for Woman Who Wrote Bad Check