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The US Supreme Court signaled a reluctance to strike down the federal gun ban for people subject to domestic violence restraining orders.

Last year, the Supreme Court established a major new test for Second Amendment cases that promised to shake up how lower courts review gun restrictions. But in oral arguments in another gun case on Tuesday, the justices seemed to recognize that it had gone too far.In hearing United States v. Rahimi, a clear majority of the justices appeared unwilling to strike down a federal law banning gun ownership for people under domestic violence protection orders. That law, along with dozens of other restr

On Tuesday, a majority of Supreme Court justices appeared dubious that the U.S. Constitution would prioritize gun ownership of domestic abusers over women’s safety.

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve gun control laws that deny firearms to people deemed dangerous even if they have not actually been convicted of a felony, saying that standard has long been accepted as a valid reason to restrict gun rights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 […]