Attorney General Merrick Garland went on the offensive Thursday after an appeals court ruled the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, vowing to 'seek further review' of the decision.
Attorney General Merrick Garland went on the offensive Thursday after an appeals court ruled the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, vowing to"seek further review" of the decision.
“Nearly 30 years ago, Congress determined that a person who is subject to a court order that restrains him or her from threatening an intimate partner or child cannot lawfully possess a firearm," Garland wrote in a statement after the 5th Circuit decision, implying the court doesn't have the ability to override a congressional statute.
Three Republican-appointed judges on the panel maintain that the federal law Rahimi was found in violation of was an “outlier that our ancestors would never have accepted," referring to a quote from the Bruen decision last summer, in which the 6-3 conservative supermajority on the high court struck down New York's strict concealed carry permit regime.Thursday's 5th Circuit decision also drew the ire of Gov.
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