DAVE ROSS

Want to hang onto your guns? Don’t be violent

Jul 1, 2016, 7:44 AM | Updated: 10:19 am

A ruling by the Supreme Court just made it easier for people to lose their guns. (AP)...

A ruling by the Supreme Court just made it easier for people to lose their guns. (AP)

(AP)

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that even if someone recklessly and unintentionally commits domestic violence they could be barred from buying or owning a gun or ammunition. KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross says anyone who wants to hang onto their guns should avoid doing any “violent stuff,” intentional or not.

“[The Supreme Court judges] rules that it was proper for the feds to take away guns from these two men who had pleaded guilty to a reckless act of domestic violence,” Dave said.

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What the court’s decision doesn’t say is if people are able to fight to restore their Second Amendment rights in court, former Attorney General Rob McKenna explained.

Dave asked if this ruling could have potentially stopped the man that killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub last month from purchasing his weapons. After all, Omar Mateen’s ex-wife described abuse from the gunman during their marriage.

“You would need to show a physical event,” McKenna said. “But there’s no question that the court’s ruling this week has the effect of expanding the understood interpretation of use of force to include reckless acts where someone gets hurt.”

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