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The Supreme Court docket upheld a federal regulation Friday that bars weapons for home abusers, rejecting an argument pressed by gun rights teams that the prohibition violated the Second Modification.
The choice might assist shore up related federal gun laws which have been challenged because the Supreme Court docket vastly expanded gun rights in 2022. That ruling brought on substantial confusion for decrease court docket judges reviewing Second Modification lawsuits.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for an 8-1 majority.
“Our custom of firearm regulation permits the federal government to disarm people who current a reputable menace to the bodily security of others,” Roberts wrote.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the 2022 Bruen opinion, filed a lone dissent.
“The Court docket and Authorities don’t level to a single historic regulation revoking a citizen’s Second Modification proper primarily based on attainable interpersonal violence,” Thomas wrote. “But, within the curiosity of making certain the Authorities can regulate one subset of society, immediately’s resolution places in danger the Second Modification rights of many extra.”
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