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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
William Melhado

UNCOVERED: Texas judge rules that disarming those under protective orders violates their second amendment rights - Caught on Camera

A handgun with a magazine which holds 17 rounds is displayed by an employee of McBride’s Guns in Central Austin on April 20, 2021.
A handgun is displayed by an employee of McBride’s Guns in Central Austin in 2021. U.S. District Judge David Counts ruled last week that banning a person with a restraining order issued against them from possessing a gun infringes on their Second Amendment rights. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

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A Texas federal judge declared it was unconstitutional to disarm someone who is under a protective order, setting into motion a likely legal fight over who can possess firearms — a move that advocates say could have wide-ranging impacts on gun access across the county.

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