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Old Crank

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Thu Jul 13, 2023, 02:10 AM Jul 2023

Just can't wait for the pro gun court [View all]

To come up with the answer to this.
Between the previous decision and the enhanced harasser rights case what will they do? Give gun wavers absolute rights until they pull the trigger with the weapon pointed at someone?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-a-second-amendment-case-at-the-supreme-court-is-putting-gun-rights-groups-in-a-jam/ar-AA1dKIrX?ocid=AMZN


witnessed him dragging his girlfriend through a parking lot.

Months later, after getting into an accident, Rahimi repeatedly shot at the other driver, court records show. A year later, he threatened another woman with a gun and was charged with aggravated assault. In 2021, he fired several times into the air after a friend's credit card was declined at a burger joint near Fort Worth, Texas.


Rahimi's case is now before the Supreme Court in a blockbuster Second Amendment challenge that may prove especially thorny for the gun lobby and the court's conservative wing. That's because Rahimi is challenging his conviction under a federal law that bars Americans who are subject to restraining orders from owning guns.

“The facts of this case make it really unpalatable for them to have to stand up and say, 'No, we believe that domestic abusers have a Second Amendment right to their firearms,'" said Nick Suplina, senior vice president for law and policy at Everytown for Gun Safety. “Politically speaking, that's deeply unpopular.”

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