Supreme Court to Decide on Gun Ownership for Domestic Abusers

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case that challenges whether individuals subject to domestic-violence restraining orders can be prohibited from owning firearms. This will be the first major test of gun restrictions since the court's conservative majority expanded Second Amendment rights last year. The case involves a 1994 federal law that prohibits individuals under such orders from possessing firearms. The challenge argues that the law violates the Second Amendment, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York law requiring a special need to carry a firearm outside the home. Gun rights advocates argue that reversing the law would endanger victims of domestic violence, while proponents of the law argue that abusers should not have the constitutional right to possess firearms.