State of Iowa v. Adam Aaron Rhodes

Summary

The court affirmed Rhodes's conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, holding that his replica muzzleloader was a firearm under Iowa's felon-in-possession statute. Because the statute does not define firearm, the court applied the term's ordinary meaning: an instrument designed to discharge a projectile by explosive force. The court rejected importing federal antique-firearm exceptions and upheld the statute against Rhodes's vagueness challenge.