Gun Laws Associated PressGun and domestic violence prevention rally Gun safety and domestic violence prevention advocates rally at the Supreme Court in one of the biggest cases of the year. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under do...
laws have been put in place to protect survivors. When you are a survivor of domestic violence, it can feel like someone else has taken your self-control away. You may not know about the laws in place to protect
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ; Advocacy Groups Focus on Gun LawsMattise, Jonathan
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms, taking a step back from its recent endorsement of a broad right to possess a gun. The court on an 8-1 vote ruled in favor of the Biden administration...
Gender-based violence and gun policies have become particularly entwined lately. Over the past several months, proponents for looser gun laws have argued that women need easy access to guns to protect themselves against abusers and rapists. According to some of the conservatives who oppose gun ...
“I’m glad that Pennsylvania is joining the ranks of states that are doing something post-Parkland, post-Sandy Hook, post-everything,” said Shira Goodman, executive director of CeaseFirePA, a gun violence-prevention group that supports the bill. “This is the first time and it sho...
provides that any person that is found guilty of a felony crime in any country or State will lose their right to own a GUN for life. Thus, in case you are sentenced for a felony domestic violence offense, both federal and California laws forbid you from forever lawfully owning a gun. ...
The public outcry against Domestic Violence (DV) has resulted in harsh laws in every state of the nation. This guide describes the legal definitions of DV, criminalization, felony vs. misdemeanor, arrest, arraignment, bail, No-Contact Orders, Defenses and loss of gun rights. ...
Pressler, “Guns and Intimate Violence: A Constitutional Analysis of the Lautenberg Amendment”; Polly McCann Pruneda, “The Lautenberg Amendment: Congress Hit the Mark by Banning Firearms From Domestic Violence Offenders”; Alison J. Nathan, “At the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Guns: ...
California domestic violence laws are strict and California police agencies have policies that require an arrest to be made whenever the legal elements of a criminal offense are present. Initially, the responding police officers must decide who was the primary aggressor. Oftentimes the police are mist...