Members of Congress File Brief Opposing Legal Challenge to Gun Possession Ban in Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) led a group of 19 senators and 152 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in opposition to the constitutional challenge to the federal law prohibiting individuals under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. In a bicameral brief to the Supreme Court in United States v. Rahi . . .
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) led a group of 19 senators and 152 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in opposition to the constitutional challenge to the federal law prohibiting individuals under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. In a bicameral brief to the Supreme Court in United States v. Rahi . . .