Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier just did something almost unheard of — he told an appeals court that his own state got a conviction wrong because it violated the Second Amendment.
The case involves Christopher Morgan, who was convicted in Pennsylvania back in 2007 for carrying a firearm without a state license. Not a violent crime. Not a drug offense. Not a crime against another person. He was carrying a gun without a piece of paper saying he could.
Fifteen years later, Morgan was stopped by a Florida officer. He voluntarily told the officer he had a pistol in his center console. Florida charged him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under Florida Statute...