The US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case which gun and domestic violence prevention groups are warning could be a matter of life and death for thousands of abuse victims and their families.
Tuesday’s hearing on United States v Rahimi is seen as one of the most consequential cases with which the nine justices will grapple this term. At stake is how far the new hard-right supermajority of the court will go in unraveling the US’s already lax gun laws, even as the country reels from a spate of devastating mass shootings.
Also at stake, say experts, are the lives of thousands of Americans, overwhelmingly women, threatened with gun violence at the hands of their current or former intimate partners.
Owning a gun is not an essential right. Food, water, shelter, dignity, an attorney - these are essential. Guns are not. Taking something non-essential, a privilege, away to protect someone’s life, especially if it’s a temporary measure, is not impeding upon anyone’s rights. The 2nd ammendment is massively outdated. You don’t need a gun to live. It is not a human right to carry a firearm.
Whether or not this is your intention, your comment sounds rather misogynistic. More often than what you’re describing, abuse victims, generally female, are scared into silence. Women get murdered by their intimate partners at an alarming rate.
I implore you to tap into your powers of empathy and do some research. This is really happening.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/female-murder-victims-and-victim-offender-relationship-2021