Appeals court strikes down gun ban for people with domestic violence restraining orders

US court strikes down domestic violence gun law

The ruling says the law barring domestic abusers from owning firearms is unconstitutional.

People with domestic violence orders can own guns, US appeals court says

Decision by three-judge panel to declare federal law unconstitutional is latest victory for gun rights activists

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.

US federal court: law prohibiting individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning a gun unconstitutional

A US Circuit Court Thursday declared the law preventing those subject to a domestic violence restraining order from owning a gun, unconstitutional. In the case of United States v. Rahimi, the US Appea...

Appeals court: Law barring gun ownership in domestic violence restraining orders is unconstitutional

Ruling from 2022 renders law in violation of Second Amendment, court says.

Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law

In light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on guns, the appeals court decided to vacate a man’s conviction and ruled the federal law banning people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns was unconstitutional.