US court strikes down domestic violence gun law
US court strikes down domestic violence gun law
Feb 03, 2023 by BBC News - US & Canada
Key Facts
- Image source, Getty Images A US court has struck down a 30-year-old law that barred people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns.
- The court, as part of the ruling, dismissed charges against a Texas man found guilty of harassing and stalking his girlfriend and also in possession of arms despite a ban.
- "Whether analysed through the lens of Supreme Court precedent, or of the text, history, and tradition of the Second Amendment, that statute is constitutional," Mr Garland said in a written statement.
- Police in Texas had found guns at the home of Zackey Rahimi who was the subject of a civil protective order that banned him from harassing, or threatening his ex-girlfriend and their child.
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