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Jun 23, 2022 · Here's how to support a loved one. It also would close the so-called "boyfriend loophole" in a law that prevents people convicted of domestic abuse from owning a gun. That law currently only ...
- Rachel Treisman
Jun 25, 2022 · What the new law does. The law tackled the loophole for intimate partners by adding people in a "dating relationship" to the scope of the gun ban. It defined the term as people having "a ...
Jun 19, 2022 · The National Rifle Association and other pro-firearm groups have long opposed closing the “boyfriend loophole,” casting it as an attempt by Democrats to advance a gun control agenda.
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Jun 14, 2022 · June 14, 2022 at 12:37 p.m. EDT. This story has been updated. The bipartisan deal on gun legislation announced Sunday might be considered tepid by gun control advocates. But one provision heralds ...
- Abigail Higgins
Jul 1, 2022 · The so-called “boyfriend loophole” previously hinged on how federal law defined “intimate partner.” For a person convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to be barred from owning a gun, that person had to be a current or former spouse of the survivor, have lived or be living with the survivor, or have a child with the survivor.
Jun 23, 2022 · The bill would close the loophole, but add a caveat. Democrats long have tried to broaden the definition of who qualifies for the ban. Their most recent attempt, an effort to add it to the reauthorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act that passed in March , was unsuccessful. While that effort was on going, some states addressed the ...
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Jun 22, 2022 · Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, another lead negotiator of the bill, said, "This bill is going to make sure that no domestic abuser can purchase or own a gun. We are closing the ...
