Supreme Court sounds wary of extending gun rights to domestic abusers

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sounded wary of extending the Second Amendment to keep guns in the hands of potentially dangerous people who are put under a domestic violence restraining order.

Both conservative and liberal justices signaled that an appeals court in New Orleans had gone too far by striking down the federal law that takes away firearms from persons who were judged to pose a “credible threat” to a domestic partner or their child.

“Someone who poses a risk of domestic violence is dangerous,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett. And that should be enough to resolve the case and