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Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
imageWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

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