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

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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.

The Supreme Court on June 21 upheld by 8โ€“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 is not 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.

The new decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Courtโ€™s landmark 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. That decision recognized a constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense and held that restrictions on guns must be deeply rooted in American history if they are to survive constitutional scrutiny.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Courtโ€™s majority opinion. The lone dissenter was Justice Clarence Thomas.

The case of United States v. Rahimi concerns a February 2023 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that struck down Section 922(g)(8) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, a 1994 law that prohibits a person who is subject to a domestic restraining order from having a gun.

The 5th Circuit held the statute had ceased to be constitutional in light of the Bruen precedent.

The ban on the possession of firearms by someone under a domestic restraining order โ€œis an outlier that our ancestors would never have accepted,โ€ the circuit court said at the time.

The case involves Zackey Rahimi of Texas, an immigrant from Afghanistan, who previously entered a guilty plea to violating the federal statute. Mr. Rahimi was involved in five shooting incidents after a restraining order was entered against him in February 2020. After the Bruen decision was handed down, he asked the courts to review his conviction, given the change in Second Amendment caselaw.

Byย Matthew Vadum

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