Monday, June 27, 2016

Voisine v US: will there be now a new force against police misconduct - battered police spouses?

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that domestic abusers cannot buy guns.

Police officers very often engage in domestic abuse - given the stress of the job and the usual impunity.

But, now police officers can be ousted from the force relatively simply - by their battered spouses who have had it.

Because, if the law is to be applied equally, a police officer who is a domestic abuser also cannot have a gun - cannot be given a gun by an employer, on the same rationale as in Voisine v US.

Right?

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