High Court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a federal law that bans gun possession for anyone subject to a domestic violence court order.
56% : The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold a law that bans gun possession for anyone covered by a domestic violence court order.
47% : If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.
36% : He was sentenced to six years in prison for violating the federal law that bans domestic abusers under court order from possessing guns.
36% : Rahimi, however, continued to press his challenge to the federal law, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, citing the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling, declared the law unconstitutional.
33% : "Challenging the federal law in Tuesday's case was Zackey Rahimi.

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