Although the man challenging the law, Rahimi is an obvious POS dirtbag, don’t let that dissuade or distract you from the principal matter at hand: A Person who has had a Protective Order placed Against them, as long as they have no felony record, should be able to continue to possess firearms. Simply having a protective order issued against you is not a felony conviction and therefore does not take away your rights.
“Rahimi, while hardly a model citizen, is nonetheless part of the political community entitled to the Second Amendment’s guarantees, all other things equal,” Wilson wrote in the ruling.
Further Reading: Bearing Arms breaks down the SCOTUS arguments in the Rahimi case.
