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Firearms and Domestic Violence: A Summary of Pivotal Cases Decided by the United States Supreme Court

by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms

January 2023

This resource contains summaries of significant Supreme Court of the United States’ cases impacting domestic violence and firearms. This resource was updated in 2022 to include the most recent decision in the New York Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.

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