NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Friday, June 21, the Supreme Court ruled that people under protective orders are banned from owning firearms. Local domestic violence advocates are praising the court’s decision.
“It provides an added level of safety for our survivors. Survivors can be, a lot of people assume it’s just women, but it can be men as well. It’s men, women and children,” said Executive Director for Metro Centers for Community Advocacy Darlene Santana.
This comes after a Texas man under a protective order challenged the federal law, arguing his weapons could not be taken away as it would violate his Second Amendment right.
One advocate explains firearms are the most common weapon used in domestic homicides.
“We are consistently in the top five of homicides for domestic violence. And to have when the restraining order goes into place, they have to do the acknowledgments and then also it prevents them …