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U.S. Supreme Court allows gun restrictions for domestic violence suspects

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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In a 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a major gun rights case Friday that protective orders can bar people accused of domestic violence from owning firearms.

Justices ruled that the federal government did not violate a Texas man’s Second Amendment rights when barring him from possessing firearms.protective orders can bar people accused of domestic violence from owning firearms

“This ruling acknowledges that the life of a domestic violence survivor takes precedence over the ability of violent offenders to retain possession of their weapons after being prohibited under the law,” said Molly Voyles, director of public policy at TCFV. “By that same logic, the Second Amendment permits more than just regulations identical to those existing in 1791,” Roberts wrote.

Rahimi was accused of five shootings around Arlington within the span of a month during the winter of 2020, according to court documents. Those incidents included shooting at a constable’s car and firing a weapon into the air outside a Whataburger after his friend’s credit card was declined. Prior to the shootings, a state court issued a protective order against Rahimi in February 2020 after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend.

 

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