The case will test how far the court’s conservative majority is willing to go in interpreting the scope of its 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights outside the home.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it would uphold a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, potentially limiting the scope of its own major gun rights ruling from last year.
The case gives the court’s 6-3 conservative majority a chance to consider the broad ramifications of the 2022 decision, which for the first time found that there is a right to bear arms outside the home under the Constitution’s Second Amendment.
I think restraining orders, at least temporary ones, have a low threshold. Basically an unsubstantiated accusation is enough.
It’s supposed to be to protect the vulnerable, but can also be abused. Domestic abuse is complicated, and often comes down to “he said she said” muddy water without much provable fact.
But wait, @ysjet says that that’s a bad narrative and it never happens, is it possible he or she has no idea what they’re talking about?