Voisine v. United States changed the situation for reducing the risk of community violence associated with gun ownership. It’s a little easier now to continue aligning local and federal community stakeholders to advocate for strict, zerro tolerance enforcement of state domestic violence laws and then strict enforcement of 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(33)(A) and 922(g)(9).
Per SCOTUSblog, the issue in Voisine was whether a misdemeanor crime with the state of mind of recklessness (as opposed to intentional) qualifies as a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” as defined by 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(33)(A) and 922(g)(9). The decision was 6-2 that the recklessness standard was sufficient to trigger the protections without violating the constitution.
There is commentary at ThinkProgress.
