Domestic Violence Misdemeanors May Lead to Ban on Gun Possession

A federal law that prohibited a defendant who had three previous misdemeanor domestic violence convictions from possessing a gun is valid under the Second Amendment, the Fourth Circuit said Wednesday.

The law is valid under US Supreme Court opinions in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen and United States v. Rahimi, because the US has a history of disarming individuals who present a credible threat to the safety of others, Judge G. Steven Agee said for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Under 18 USC §922(g)(9), a person convicted of a “misdemeanor crime ...