US Supreme Court upholds law that bans domestic abusers from owning guns
US Supreme Court upholds law that bans domestic abusers from owning firearm
In a significant development, the US Supreme Court on Friday (June 21) maintained a federal law that bars domestic abusers from owning a firearm.
This was the first gun case to be heard by the court where conservatives hold a majority of 6-3 since a significant ruling was issued in 2022 loosening gun restrictions.
"When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the second amendment," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the 8-1 opinion.
"Since the founding, the nation's firearm laws have included regulations to stop individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms. As applied to the facts of this case, (the law) fits comfortably within this tradition."
In the year 2022, the country's top court ruled that it would allow only "reasonable" exceptions to the Second Amendment right to bear arms and would mostly count upon the previous precedents concerning the possession of firearms.
Following the ruling, the lower courts found it difficult to determine if the gun restrictions that were put in place were in line with "the history and traditions" of firearms regulation in the US in the late 18th to the 19th century.
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Earlier in March, an ultraconservative appeals court ruled that a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders was unconstitutional as it lacked historical precedent.
"A woman who lives in a house with a domestic abuser is five times more likely to be murdered if he has access to a gun," Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said in November last year as she made the case for upholding the federal law for the Biden administration.
"Congress may disarm those who are not law-abiding, responsible citizens," she added.
"Throughout our nation's history, legislatures have disarmed those who have committed serious criminal conduct or whose access to guns poses a danger,"Prelogar further said.
(With inputs from agencies)