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      Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Domestic Abusers Have Right to Bear Arms

      The court is now poised to expand the reach of the Second Amendment yet again, continuing a process that began in 2008, when it sold its soul to the gun lobby in District of Columbia v. Heller.

      Bill Blum
      Aug 12, 2023

      Should individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders be allowed to own guns? If you think the answer is a screaming, obvious “No,” you haven’t been paying much attention to the Supreme Court’s radical reinterpretations of the Second Amendment over the past 15 years. The court will be asked to decide the issue in United States v. Rahimi when it reconvenes in October.

      At the center of the case is Zackey Rahimi, a 23-year-old with a history of violence and drug dealing. In December 2019, Rahimi beat up his girlfriend in a parking lot in Arlington, Texas, and tried to shoot a bystander who had witnessed the attack. Two months later, his girlfriend obtained a restraining order from a state court judge that prohibited him from harassing her, and barred him from possessing a firearm.

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      'Death Sentence for Women and Families': US Court Blocks Domestic Violence Gun Ban

      "There is no real doubt that the 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives and girlfriends," said one gun control advocate. "It will also increase mass shootings."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 02, 2023

      The right-wing 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down a federal law barring people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, a ruling that gun control advocates said will cost lives.

      A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based appellate court said in its decision that the overturned law is an unconstitutional impediment to the right to bear arms. The judges based their ruling on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down that state's limits on carrying concealed guns in public.

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      New Ad Against Herschel Walker Features Ex-Wife's Domestic Violence Accusations

      A leader at the anti-Trump group behind the advertisement targeting the U.S. Senate candidate said that "our campaign is built around the voices of Georgia Republicans who know that he's unfit for office."

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 08, 2022

      An advertisement featuring footage of Herschel Walker's ex-wife discussing his alleged threat to kill her garnered national attention Monday--less than three months before the Republican former professional football player will face off against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.

      The ad features Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, who filed for divorce from Walker in 2001. According toHuffPost, the footage is from an interview Grossman gave after the 2008 publication of Walker's book, Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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