Second Amendment

Guns and Protective Orders

Constitutional Protections, criminal defense, criminal law / By JoAnne Musick

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit found the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by someone who is subject to a domestic violence restraining order to be unconstitutional. (USA vs. Rahimi) The basis of this decision is that prohibiting the possession of a firearm is infringing upon …

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Right to Bear Stun Guns

Constitutional Protections, criminal defense, criminal law, rights, second amendment / By JoAnne Musick

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a Massachusetts woman just might have a 2nd Amendment right to carry a stun gun. She was originally arrested, charged, and convicted of carrying a stun gun in violation of Massachusetts’s law. All agreed she bought and carried the stun gun for protection from her abusive ex-boyfriend. The Court, …

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