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US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban

 Published: 10:48, 23 June 2024

US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban

The United States Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns.

The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, overturned a lower court's decision striking down the 1994 law as a violation of the US Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."

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