Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for People Under Domestic Restraining Orders

The Supreme Court this morning upheld by 8–1 a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms.

The justices found that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not violated when an individual is disarmed after a court has found him to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another. The ruling overturned a lower court decision that overturned a federal law.

The new decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. That decision recognized a constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense and held that restrictions on guns must be deeply rooted in American history if they are to survive constitutional scrutiny.

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