Can you buy one?
2007-10-07 11:44:58 · 3 answers · asked by Becky 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Talk to a lawyer and get your record expunged, if this scenario applies to you. Then write New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg a long letter telling him he can kiss your grits.
And have hope in the day that states will stand up to a national government that regularly and blatantly exceeds its authority by trampling the Bill of Rights.
Because whether one argues that the 2nd Amendment ("Right to Keep and Bear Arms") defines a state right vs. an individual right (as it's written), in NO CIRCUMSTANCES should Congress be legitimately able to draft laws "infringing" upon this right. Otherwise, what meaning does the 2nd Amendment have and what would constitute "infringing" the right? Nothing.
(Heck, with the Congress we have today, the Bill of Rights might as well not exist).
2007-10-07 12:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define domestic disturbance, but it may not be Louisiana you have to worry about.
The Lautenberg Amendment, or The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban (1996), is a federal law that prohibits individuals convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from buying or possessing a firearm.
2007-10-07 18:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by Scooter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one who is convicted of domestic assault may purchase or own a firearm in the United States.
It depends on the actual charge he was convicted of.
2007-10-07 18:48:07 · answer #3 · answered by Citicop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋