Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rahimi involves a federal law that prohibits those under a restraining order in a domestic violence case from having guns. It is a law that has saved untold numbers of lives, especially women’s ...
The Secretary [of the Maryland State Police] shall maintain a permanent record of all notifications received of completed sales, rentals, and transfers of regulated firearms in the State. Annapolis requires dealers to keep a register of persons purchasing ammunition and certain firearms, along with the make, model, caliber, and date.
Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v.Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:
The Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a law that would keep firearms out of the hands of domestic violence offenders, after the justices heard two hours of arguments in another major Second ...
With conservatives and liberals joining the 8-1 majority, the decision was a major win for gun safety groups and victims of domestic violence. It limited a controversial standard the high court ...
The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, often called the "Lautenberg Amendment" ("Gun Ban for Individuals Convicted of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence", Pub. L. 104–208 (text), [1 2]), is an amendment to the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, enacted by the 104th United States Congress in 1996, which bans access to firearms for life by people convicted of crimes of ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
That led to a wave of new challenges to well-established gun restrictions including the domestic violence prohibition at issue in Friday's ruling in United States v. Rahimi. Rahimi.