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In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal law that prohibits domestic abusers subject to protection orders from possessing firearms. This technical assistance bulletin answers frequently asked questions about the Court’s opinion and practical considerations for judges, lawyers,…
Because misdemeanor convictions for crimes of domestic and dating violence can be the basis by which someone is prohibited from receiving a firearm, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System at the FBI relies on state, local and tribal court…
Author: BWJP
Because protection orders can be the basis by which someone is ineligible to receive a firearm, a National Instant Criminal Background Check relies on state, local and tribal court protection order information. Generally, protection order information can be entered into…
Author: BWJP
This webinar will provide an overview of firearm surrender protocols that have been implemented in various settings across the country. There are three types of this protocol: court-centered, front line law enforcement-centered, and probation-centered. Although this workshop emphasizes the probation…
This compilation of state laws is a complement to our resource “Firearms Relinquishment in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence: How to Structure Effective Protocols For Your Community”. It includes information about state laws that speak to expressly authorized or mandated…
Supreme Court Decisions Dealing Directly With Firearms and Domestic Violence United States v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415 (2009). The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of a federal law barring people convicted of domestic violence crimes from owning guns. The Court…
Author: BWJP
The connection between firearms and domestic violence homicide is well-documented. State and federal laws prohibit certain domestic abusers from possessing, purchasing, and transferring firearms, but these laws, by themselves, are not self-implementing. They require thoughtfully-designed programs, well-planned programmatic structures, and…
Over several months in 2024, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms (NRCDVF) conducted site visits in three communities, each of which has developed a multi-jurisdictional collaboration with the specific goal of addressing firearm-facilitated domestic violence and domestic…
Author: NRCDVF
This presentation, a joint collaboration with BWJP’s National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms and National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit and the National ERPO Resource Center at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence…
This webinar summarizes the case and the Court’s decision, as well as identifies practical considerations for courts, attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement, victim advocates and others for implementing the federal domestic violence protection order firearm prohibition in light of the Rahimi…
Author: NRCDVF
