The US Supreme Court affirmed Friday that laws allowing the temporary disarmament of people “presenting a credible threat to the physical safety of others”, such as perpetrators of domestic violence, are constitutional.
By eight votes to one, the judges overturn an appeal decision which had concluded that a federal law prohibiting people subject to a removal order for domestic violence from possessing a weapon was unconstitutional. Such a law does not violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution guaranteeing the right to bear arms, wrote on behalf of the majority the President of the Court, John Roberts.
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