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Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusersWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

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