U.S (NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE) : Domestic violence abusers should not have guns !

 

 

 

Friend,    We must keep guns out of the hands of people who’ve been convicted of domestic abuse. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, a leading organization in the fight to pass common sense gun control, every month, an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner during a violent domestic dispute. In addition, nearly 1 million women alive today have reported being shot or shot at during an altercation. As the Supreme Court gears up to decide its first major gun-related case this session, United States v. Rahimi. We need to send a public message that critical gun safety protections must not be reversed. Will you join us by adding your name now? ADD YOUR NAME In this case, the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals held that a law prohibiting a domestic violence perpetrator from possessing a firearm was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The good news is that based on the justices’ responses to the oral arguments, it appears unlikely they will uphold the Fifth District’s extremist position. But how the Supreme Court couches the decision will shape how domestic violence survivors are protected, and how other gun-related cases are decided in the future. Justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, seemed to support arguments that “dangerous” individuals are outside the scope of the Second Amendment, and that lawmakers have considerable discretion to determine who is too dangerous to possess a firearm. If the Court based their decision on this framework it would give federal and state leaders more power to pass critical gun safety laws moving forward. The Court is not immune to public pressure. We need to pile on in support of upholding current law and encourage Justices to overturn the Texas Fifth District Court’s dangerous ruling. Add your name in support of common sense, life-saving gun laws now. Thank you for showing your support for the safety of domestic violence survivors and their children today. LeeAnn Hall Director, National Campaign for Justice. SUPPORT OUR WORK

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