U.S. Supreme Court decision coming on domestic abusers, gun rights
CHICAGO --Should people with domestic violence backgrounds or restraining orders lose their access to guns? The U.S. Supreme Court began considering that question beginning Tuesday. The answer will have huge implications for how courts across the country deal with domestic violence. The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, involves a 30-year-old law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
She believes, if anything, guns should be further restricted in domestic violence situations. A decision to overturn the federal law, Mendoza said, 'will be a slap in the face to victims that are still on this earth that had to deal with gender-based gun violence - and for the fallen victims that are not here.' Many gun rights organizations support Rahimi's Second Amendment right.
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