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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Should domestic abusers have the right to be armed? The Supreme Court could upend protections for survivors

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In 2019, Zackey Rahimi allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend in a Texas parking lot and threatened to shoot her. She escaped and applied for a restraining order, and Rahimi was placed under a protective order that prevented him from possessing firearms.

But later that year, within a matter of weeks, and in flagrant violation of the order against him, he was involved in five other shootings in the state.

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