(I don't usually editorialize on the clips I post, but this heading is misleading. It should probably read, "Man convicted of domestic violence can be denied the right to own a gun."-Bozo)
Man Convicted Of Domestic Violence Can't Possess A Gun, Supreme Court Rules (Click here to read more)
By
Nicole Flatow
March 26, 2014
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When
it comes to "domestic violence," even pushing or grabbing
can be sufficient to bar federal gun possession, the U.S. Supreme
Court concluded in a unanimous ruling issued Wednesday morning.
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The
ruling could have significant implications in interpreting which
state domestic violence laws bar gun possession. For women in
particular, domestic violence is one of the biggest risks associated
with gun ownership. A Violence Policy Center review of 2011 FBI crime
data found that 94 percent of female homicide victims were murdered
by a male they knew, and 61 percent of those killers were a spouse or
intimate acquaintance. Female intimate partners were more likely to
be killed by a gun than any other weapon.
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Because
of this relationship between gun ownership and intimate violence,
federal law bars those convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence
offense from possessing a gun. But state crimes dubbed "domestic
violence" come with different definitions in different states.
And James Alvin Castleman seized on these differences to convince a
federal court that he was not guilty of illegal gun possession
because his guilty plea for a Tennessee domestic violence offense did
not qualify under federal law.
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