High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers
If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.
by Nina Totenberg
Nov 07, 2023
3 minutes
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a federal law that bans gun possession for anyone subject to a domestic violence court order. If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.
, the justices wrestled with the consequences of their , declaring that in order for a gun law to be constitutional, it has to be analogous to a law that existed at the nation's founding in the late 1700s. The question
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