5th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Domestic Violence Gun Laws
New Orleans La. February 14th, 2023
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in United States v. Rahimi, has struck down 30 years of federal law prohibiting those under a protective order for domestic violence from possessing firearms.
In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel ruled a domestic violence abuser subject to a protective order has a constitutional right to possess a firearm.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals covers Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi but their ruling will have far reaching effects with many people who are under a firearms restrictions order expected to file a similar appeal.
Read the court’s decision in its entirety here:
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/21/21-11001-CR1.pdf
