Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders filed against them from owning guns. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of
Law barring people with domestic violence restraining orders from having guns is unconstitutional, court rules
A federal law that prohibits people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a conservative-leaning appeals court ruled Thursday.
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns.
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can’t stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns — the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws. Police in Texas found a rifle and a pistol at the home of a man who was the subject of a civil protective order that banned him fr…
