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A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
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The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect

domestic violence victims

By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court on Friday
upheld a federal gun con-
trol law that is intended to
protect victims of domestic
violence. In their first Second
Amendment case since they
expanded gun rights in 2022,
the justices ruled 8-1 in favor
of a 1994 ban on firearms
for people under restraining
orders to stay away from their
spouses or partners. The jus-
tices reversed a ruling from
the federal appeals court in
New Orleans that had struck
down the law.
Chief Justice John Roberts,
writing for the court, said the
law uses "common sense"
and applies only "after a
judge determines that an
individual poses a credible
threat" of physical violence.
Justice Clarence Thomas,
the author of the major 2022
Bruen ruling in a New York
case, dissented.
President Joe Biden, who has Supreme Court Police officers stand on duty outside of the Supreme Court building on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.
been critical of previous high- Associated Press
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court rulings on guns, abor-
tion and other hot-button about their abuser getting a violence and their families will Last week, the court over- deadliest mass shooting in
issues, praised the outcome. gun," Biden said in a state- still be able to count on critical turned a Trump-era ban on modern U.S. history.
"No one who has been ment. "As a result of today's protections, just as they have bump stocks, the rapid-fire
abused should have to worry ruling, survivors of domestic for the past three decades." gun accessories used in the Continued on Page 2