BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — By next year, there may be tighter federal restrictions on who can own guns; the United States Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a federal law from 1994, which bans those accused of domestic violence from possessing firearms. Reports say the Court is leaning towards such a federal regulation in

A case over whether or not people subjected to restraining orders should lose their right to carry guns was heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as justices mull a legal challenge that could upend firearms laws nationally. The high court seemed skeptical as they accepted oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a case

Published 2023-11-07 17:09 5:09 November 7, 2023 pm The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case on domestic violence restraining orders and firearm possession, with the justices spending much of their time seeking clarification on how to define, refine and apply a Second Amendment ruling they made last year in the context

Two attorneys, nationally recognized for their successful lawsuits following mass shootings, were in Maine Monday night to promote civil litigation as a way to achieve justice for Lewiston shooting victims and their families. In the absence of action from political leaders, the two say the courts are the best way to upend the status quo.

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The Supreme Court appears inclined to uphold a federal law banning guns from those subject to domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs), in the first major test of the Second Amendment at the high court this term.  In oral argument Tuesday, justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum seemed to agree with the Biden administration

The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case alleging that a former New York official violated the National Rifle Association’s rights by encouraging companies to stop doing business with the organization in response to the 2018 Parkland, Florida school shooting. Justices have agreed to hear an appeal by the NRA

CNN  —  The Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday after oral arguments to rule in favor of a federal law that bars individuals subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. The case – argued in the wake of a mass shooting in Maine that killed 18 last month – is the first substantive Second Amendment case to come before the justices since

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case, United States v. Rahimi, that challenges the federal law barring subjects of domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. Zackey Rahimi, who a lower court wrote is “hardly a model citizen” in its decision ruling in his favor, mounted a constitutional challenge to the statute after he

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to side with the Biden administration‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck a federal statute barring people under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun, teeing up a possible narrow ruling over the law in question. United States v. Rahimi is the high court’s first

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday for a case involving a Texas man challenging the government’s ability to disarm people who are subject to a domestic violence restraining order. The case’s

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Amy Fried is a retired political science professor at the University of Maine. Her views are her own and do not represent those of any group with which she is

It really is a very simple problem: too many guns and not enough common sense. Does anyone truly believe the military-grade weapons, with high capacity magazines, are actually needed in every home? Or any home? The police certainly don’t. Would they like to respond to an emergency and be outgunned? People need to stop listening

  Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DA Price is rightto focus on reform On Oct. 26, I attended a gathering in San Leandro to learn more about Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She answered my question and said she believed in rehabilitation. When I

That Sunday, Sherita Lynch heard the gunshots from her car. A human services practitioner with Advocate for All, Lynch was on her way to meet with Stephen Broderick for a supervised custody visit with his son Cayden, about to be dropped off by Stephen’s ex-wife Amanda. Lynch was only seconds from the meeting spot on

Washington — When the Supreme Court convenes Tuesday, it will be confronted with a high-stakes case that pits the Second Amendment right to bear arms against a law that seeks to protect victims of domestic violence by keeping guns away from their alleged abusers. Arguments in the dispute are the first the court will hear

Washington — The fallout from the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment decision handed down last year was on display Tuesday when the justices weighed a high-stakes case that pits the right to bear arms against a federal law that seeks to protect victims of domestic violence by keeping guns away from their alleged abusers. Arguments

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by people under domestic violence restraining orders is unconstitutional. Research has found that access to a gun increases the risk of killings in domestic violence cases. “American women are killed by intimate partners (husbands, lovers, ex-husbands,

In the tapestry of American life, the thread of gun ownership weaves a complex pattern, colored by the fierce debate over Second Amendment rights and the quest for public safety. As someone  immersed in the study of gun laws, I’ve watched the evolution of legislation with keen interest, particularly noting the shifts and turns that

Were it in my power, I would confer a Profile in Courage Award upon Jared Golden, Maine’s Second District congressman. The award, created in 1989 by the family of late President John F. Kennedy, annually recognizes exemplars of the type of courageous political leadership Kennedy celebrated in his 1957 Pulitzer prize-winning book “Profiles in Courage.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Guns are back at the Supreme Court, as the justices announced on Friday they will decide on free speech rights for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and whether the federal government can ban bump stocks, which are a firearm accessory, by calling them machineguns. People usually think of the Second Amendment right

As I have done many times before, I asked myself, what can I possibly do to stop the needless murder of children? I remember the school shootings in Columbine, Newtown and Parkland. I became numb to it all, thinking this is a “normal” part of life. This time, though, I also remember my son crying

REPORT. BEN OKAY, KAYLA, THANK YOU. A MAN WENT TO JAIL AFTER DOING SOMETHING. THE CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF CALLED EXTREMELY STUPID. HE WAS WALKING ON A STREET NEAR GLIDDEN, IOWA, WITH A 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND, WHICH LOOKED LIKE AN AR STYLE GUN. THIS IS JERRY WEBB FROM KANSAS CITY. CARROLL COUNTY DEPUTIES

The Supreme Court on Friday loaded its docket with two new gun rights cases, one over the federal government’s move to ban bump stocks and the other a dispute over New York state insurance regulators’ alleged hostility toward the National Rifle Association. The bump stock case came to the court after the federal government appealed a

The case is NRA v. Vullo, and the Court agreed to consider this question (as formulated by the NRA): Bantam Books v. Sullivan (1963) held that a state commission with no formal regulatory power violated the First Amendment when it “deliberately set out to achieve the suppression of publications” through “informal sanctions,” including the “threat of

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case challenging the federal ban on bump stocks. The Fifth Circuit struck down the ATF’s rule earlier this year in Garland v. Cargill. The Supreme Court granted the government’s appeal of the ruling in a brief order. The ATF’s bump stock rule was proposed by the Trump

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide the legality of the Trump-era ban on “bump stocks,” which make semi-automatic rifles fire more quickly. The justices were asked by the Biden administration and gun rights activists to take up the matter, on which lower courts reached differing conclusions. BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS

CNN  —  The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association concerning the group’s allegations that the former head of New York’s Department of Financial Services tried to persuade banks and insurance companies to sever ties with the gun rights group. The New York Department of Financial Services is responsible

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a new gun rights battle by agreeing to weigh whether a Trump-era ban on so-called bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, is lawful. The justices were asked by both the Biden administration and gun rights activists to take up the issue, with