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Abstract: 

By reversing the 5th Circuit decision that put domestic violence survivors at greater risk of being murdered with a gun, women and children in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas are safer today. Mississippi and Louisiana in particular have weak state gun laws and the two highest rates of gun violence in the country, so this decision will save lives. However, as the authors of this commentary remind us, Rahimi was a particularly unsympathetic plaintiff with a disturbing history of violence and disregard for the law, and this ruling leaves the door open to future litigation to weaken protections for domestic violence survivors, and the gun lobby will likely return with a more sympathetic plaintiff.

Keywords: Concurring and Dissenting Opinions in U.S. v. Rahimi; New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen

Affiliations:  1: Center for American Progress; 2: Center for American Progress.