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A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violenc...

Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments on Tuesday on whether people with domestic violence orders against them can own guns.

U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case about whether domestic violence suspects can be banned from having guns

The US Supreme Court appeared inclined on Tuesday to uphold a federal law prohibiting a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders. At the same time, during oral arguments in the case U.S. v. Rahimi, several conservative justices seemed to seek a narrow ruling that would reaffirm a generally expansive view of the Second Amendment. The case comes at a time when firearms are a leading factor in intimate partner violence na...

WASHINGTON--U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under...

The Supreme Court seemed poised to support a federal law banning guns from those subject to domestic violence restraining orders in a major Second Amendment case.

The high court seemed skeptical as they accepted oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a case involving a Texas man convicted for his unlawful possession of guns after he had been ordered to stay away from his girlfriend.

Supreme Court justices seemed to lean toward upholding a federal law that keeps guns away from people who commit domestic violence.

The principle that guns may be barred from schools may bolster a federal law restricting firearm possession by domestic abusers.