Heller isn't the only gun case out there...

The suit filed by the State of Wyoming against the BATFE is moving ahead. This suit attempts to bring some sanity back into the Lautenberg Amendment. This provision of Federal law permanently bans firearms ownership by those with a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction. If that conviction is expunged from a person's record, they may own firearms again. The BATFE is attempting to dictate to the States what "expunge" means.

House Speaker Roy Cohee, R-Casper, said he believes some people
convicted of abuse should be barred from gun ownership, but that the
state law was appropriate in giving courts latitude to weigh each
individual case.

“If it was a domestic violence thing where a family went
a little too far in defining their opinions to each other, should an
individual be held for life never to hunt in the state of Wyoming
again? I think that's probably going a little too far,” Cohee
said.

The NRA and other Pro-RKBA groups have files briefs on behalf of Wyoming supporting their case.

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