Daily Reporter by Linda Dunn 8/4/2023
Does someone who assaulted and then threatened to shoot someone; who was involved in five shootings; and who plead guilty to violating his state’s firearms law still have a Constitutional right to possess a firearm?
This is what the Supreme Court will be deciding in case No. 22-915, United States of America, Petitioner v. Zackey Rahimi, respondent. The court will determine if Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders.
The Fifth Court of Appeals, in the United States v. Rahimi, has already said “yes,” which is why this case is now on the Supreme Court docket.
Zackey Rahimi reportedly had an argument with his girlfriend (the mother of his child) in 2019. During this argument, he knocked his child’s mother to the ground in a parking lot and dragged her back to his car, causing her to hit her head on the car’s dashboard. In a telephone call after the incident, Rahimi threatened to shoot her if she told anyone about the assault.
A few months later, a Texas state court entered a domestic violence restraining order against Rahimi which barred him from possessing a gun and warned him that doing so could be a federal felony.
More:
https://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2023/08/04/dunn-2nd-amendment-challenges/
