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Who Can Have A Gun?

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Joyce Vance
Jun 21, 2024
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Today, SCOTUS ruled that people under domestic violence restraining orders can be prosecuted if they possess a firearm. The Chief Justice called it a “commonsense” decision. Justice Robert Jackson famously wrote that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. But that has been what the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence amounted to before today…

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