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Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Brady Center, Law Enforcement Leaders Urge Supreme Court to Reverse Appeals Court Ruling Allowing Domestic Violence Abusers to Have Guns
July 6th, 2008
National law enforcement groups joined the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and other gun violence prevention groups in filing a "friend of the court" brief in United States v. Hayes, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling allowing convicted domestic violence abusers to possess guns. If upheld, the appeals court ruling could require the names of thousands of dangerous, convicted abusers purged from the Brady background check system, enabling these individuals to possess firearms. The "Lautenberg Amendment," enacted by Congress in 1996, prohibits abusers convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing firearms....
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-07-06)
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