Should Abusers Have 2nd Amendment Rights?

By Chelsea Davis

Should abusers have the right to own firearms? This is a subject that splits even the most devout Second Amendment advocates in two.

Nicole Beverly of Michigan was forced to sit beside her husband one night after being beaten almost unconscious. As she sat beside him, he loaded his gun threatening to kill her. “I was sure I was going to die,” she said.

Five months after that night, she gained enough courage to tell someone about it. One morning, she fled with her two children and filed a restraining order. Yes, she had successfully escaped, but she discovered that her husband still had the very firearm that he threatened to kill her with. She feared for her safety and her children’s safety.

According to the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment, abusers with permanent restraining orders against them are not allowed to own or purchase firearms. But, like most states, Michigan technically has no laws requiring them to turn in the firearms that they already have in possession.

“I was told by the judge that it was the expectation that when someone is served a restraining order that they will turn in their weapons. Of course he didn’t turn in his weapons because …read more

Via:: Gun News