How is this different than the courts extant ability to remove gun rights from anyone accused of a violent crime?
E: I did some reading and there’s a federal law that says anyone under a restraining order from a partner can’t own guns. This guy rahimi had a restraining order and told the cops he had some guns while it was in effect. They charged him under the law and it got appealed and his conviction overturned. Then the federal government appealed that appeal all the way up the chain to the Supreme Court. This case is not about what happened between the defendant and his ex, but the defendant and the us government. So it doesn’t matter that as part of a restraining order any judge could tack on loss of 2a, or that any judge could just issue a writ that does so for any reason. The question they’re looking at is if there ought to be a federal law that makes it automatic.
Tbh I personally don’t think it should be automatic.
How is this different than the courts extant ability to remove gun rights from anyone accused of a violent crime?
E: I did some reading and there’s a federal law that says anyone under a restraining order from a partner can’t own guns. This guy rahimi had a restraining order and told the cops he had some guns while it was in effect. They charged him under the law and it got appealed and his conviction overturned. Then the federal government appealed that appeal all the way up the chain to the Supreme Court. This case is not about what happened between the defendant and his ex, but the defendant and the us government. So it doesn’t matter that as part of a restraining order any judge could tack on loss of 2a, or that any judge could just issue a writ that does so for any reason. The question they’re looking at is if there ought to be a federal law that makes it automatic.
Tbh I personally don’t think it should be automatic.
This one affects over 40% of cops