(Boston Orange 編譯) 麻州總檢察官Andrea Campbell今 (20) 日促請美國最高法院審理一重要案件，以維護各州禁止收到家庭暴力限制令者取得槍枝的權力。
麻州總檢察官Andrea
Campbell加入了由25名各州總檢察官所組聯盟，像美國最高法院遞交了一份友善簡報
(amicus brief) ，促請法院審理「美國訴訟拉希米 (United States v. Rahimi.)
」案。
聯邦法律禁止收到家庭暴力限制令者持有槍支。因為毆打，槍擊女友，收到德州法院發給家庭暴力禁制令的“拉希米(Rahimi)”案被告，以前述聯邦法令違反了美國憲法第二修正案為由，挑戰這一條文的合法性，而美國上訴法庭第5巡迴庭在今年早前發表了同意的意見。
麻州總檢察官Campbell和聯盟要求最高法院聆聽這一案件，推翻其下屬法院的決定，恢復聯邦法。
" 如果家中有槍，施暴者殺死他或她的親密伴侶的機會高5倍，而婦女，懷孕的婦女和有色婦女，成為親密伴侶暴力案對象的機率，不成比率的高。Campbell說，“這些法令能拯救生命，我很驕傲能夠加入全國各州的檢察官行列，以確保這些普通常識的公共安全辦法，保留在州級和聯邦層級的法令中。
在聯邦法之外，包括麻州在內的幾乎每個州，都有限制收到家庭暴力限制令者取得槍支的法令。Campbell檢方和檢察官們認為，上訴法院的裁決使會讓那些可能被家庭暴力案施暴者傷害或殺死的受害者，處於危險境地，也妨礙了聯邦及州政府保護其居民安全的努力。
這份簡報是麻州總檢察官Campbell在全美及麻州各地致力解決槍枝暴力的最新行動。上個月，麻州總檢察官辦公室和多州聯手起草了一封信，譴責Visa, American Express, Mastercard, and Discovery這些信用卡公司，原本決定發新代碼給銷售槍枝商戶，以協助防範大規模槍擊事件，減少暴力，卻退縮了。
今年稍早前，Campbell就Granata v. Campbell，全國槍枝權力協會 (National Association for Gun Rights)對 Campbel，以及哈達威(Hardaway)對 Nigrelli等4三起聯邦案件中遞交了友善簡報，以辯護並保留麻州法令常識，以及旨在保護麻州人民免於槍枝暴力的規定，
Campbell是和亞利桑那，加利福尼亞，科羅拉多，康涅狄格，特拉華，哥倫比亞特區，夏威夷，伊利諾伊，緬因，馬里蘭，密歇根，明尼蘇達，內華達州，新澤西州，新墨西哥州，紐約州，北卡羅來納州，北馬里亞納群島，俄勒岡州，賓夕法尼亞州，羅德島州，佛蒙特州，華盛頓州和威斯康星州的檢察官，一起提交簡報。AG CAMPBELL JOINS COALITION URGING U.S. SUPREME COURT TO PROTECT COMMONSENSE MEASURES RESTRICTING GUN ACCESS FOR THOSE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS
BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an important case to preserve states’ authority to bar individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders from accessing guns.
AG Campbell joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the court to review the case, United States v. Rahimi.
Federal law bars those subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. The defendant in Rahimi – who was under a domestic violence restraining order issued by a state court in Texas for assaulting and shooting at his girlfriend – challenged the statute on the grounds that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an opinion earlier this year agreeing. AG Campbell and the coalition are asking the Supreme Court to hear the case, overrule the lower court and restore the federal law.
“An abuser is five times more likely to murder his or her intimate partner if a firearm is in the home – and women, pregnant women and women of color are disproportionately the targets of intimate partner violence,” said AG Campbell. “These laws save lives and I’m proud to join with attorneys general across this country to ensure that these commonsense public safety measures remain on the books both at the federal level and state level."
In addition to the federal law, nearly every state in the country, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has enacted a law limiting access to firearms for those subject to domestic violence restraining orders. AG Campbell and the attorneys general argue that the appeals court ruling puts at risk domestic violence victims who may be harmed or killed by their abusers, and hamstrings both the federal government and states in their efforts to protect their residents’ safety.
The brief is the most recent step in Attorney General Campbell’s work to address gun violence throughout Massachusetts and across the nation. Last month, the AG’s Office co-led a multistate letter denouncing the decisions of Visa, American Express, Mastercard, and Discovery to walk back their commitments to implement a new merchant code for gun sales that would help prevent mass shootings and curb violence. Earlier this year, AG Campbell filed briefs in three ongoing federal cases, Granata v. Campbell, National Association for Gun Rights v. Campbell and Hardaway v. Nigrelli to defend and uphold commonsense Massachusetts laws and regulations intended to protect the people of Massachusetts from gun violence.
AG Campbell is joined in filing the brief by the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
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