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GUNS, SUPREME COURT

Finally, a Sane Ruling on Guns

No guns for domestic abusers, Supreme Court clarifies

Vanessa Gallman
The Shortform
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1 min readJun 23, 2024

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Applaud the U.S. Supreme Court for a June 21 ruling reinforcing common sense: A domestic abuser should not possess guns.

Only Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed, arguing there is no historic evidence to support it. Yet authorities have always removed guns from dangerous citizens.

The court rejected an appeals court decision allowing a Texas man to keep his guns after pleading guilty to violating a protective order and threatening his ex-girlfriend, their child and a neighbor at gunpoint. He later engaged in five other shootings during a six-week period.

Yet the justices created this situation with a 2022 ruling against New York concealed-carry restrictions. It said courts must rule “consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

Lower courts misunderstood, the chief justice said. But the court must further clarify its guidance which appears to prioritize Second Amendment rights while ignoring the dangers of gun use today.

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Vanessa Gallman
Vanessa Gallman

Written by Vanessa Gallman

Experienced journalist, educator and retired opinion-page editor with occasional musings

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