Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for People Under Domestic Restraining Orders

A federal appeals court had invalidated a 1994 federal law that prohibits a person who is subject to a domestic restraining order from having firearms.
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for People Under Domestic Restraining Orders
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 21, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court on June 21 upheld by 8–1 a federal gun control law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms.

The justices found that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution isn’t violated when an individual is disarmed after a court has found him to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another. The ruling reversed a lower court decision that overturned a federal law.