NC Supreme Court upholds "no firearms for felons" law

Justice Brady gets it right this time:

North Carolina's Supreme Court has upheld a state law that bars felons from possessing firearms, reining in a controversial ruling that made an exception for a nonviolent felon. The court ruled Friday that a 2004 state law barring convicted felons from having a gun did not unconstitutionally punish felons.

The high court ruled last year that the no-guns law could not be applied to a Wake County man convicted of felony drug possession in 1979. The man's right to own a gun had later been restored.

Here's the decision, which will give me something to read on my flight today.