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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 ...
This law was an amendment to the existing felon-in-possession laws and forbade the possession or commercial sale of a firearm by all convicted domestic violence abusers. [3] This amendment banned those convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, owning, or using guns. [12]
(The Center Square) – A new bill in the Ohio Legislature would bring the state in line with federal law and bar people convicted of domestic violence from having guns or dangerous weapons.
That definition was made part of Massachusetts’ statutes that protect victims of domestic violence and prosecute the perpetrators when Gov. Maura Healey signed the bill in June extending ...
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Under the bill, a defendant must provide to the court evidence corroborating that the defendant was, at the time of the offense, a victim of domestic violence and at least one piece of documentary ...
An Assembly bill would allow victims of human trafficking or domestic violence to present evidence of their abuse as an affirmative defense at criminal trials. For domestic violence victims who ...
(The Center Square) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill aimed at closing a "deadly" loophole in New York domestic violence laws that will allow courts to issue orders of protection to victims ...