Women are five times more likely to be killed by abusive partners with access to guns. Apparently, the Supreme Court couldn't care less. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
, decided in June, the Republican-appointed majority not only expanded the right to carry guns in public, but also set forth a test that strikes down gun regulations unless, according to Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion, they’re “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” The deranged logic is that if past generations didn’t see fit to address a problem, we’re doomed to suffer today.
Dissenting in Bruen in his final term on the court, Justice Stephen Breyer, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, took stock of the ruling's predictable consequences, pointing to, among other things, that found women are five times more likely to be killed by abusive partners with access to guns. Breyer noted his “fear that the Court’s interpretation ignores these significant dangers and leaves States without the ability to address them.
Thus, a practical effect of the 5th Circuit's ruling in United States v. Rahimi is that people protected by restraining orders in that circuit — again, that’s Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi — have new reason to fear for their safety. And even though the ruling only applies in those states, the fate of the law nationwide may be determined on appeal to the Supreme Court.
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