U.S. Supreme Court Slams Door on Nonviolent Felon Gun Bid Tied to $500 Check

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a Second Amendment fight over whether nonviolent felons can regain gun rights. The denial matters because it leaves a federal lifetime firearms ban intact while lower courts keep disagreeing on how far recent gun-rights rulings should go.

At the center is a familiar tension: gun-rights advocates say a dec…