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Domestic Violence Restraining Orders and Gun Rights: What Women Need to Know

Empowered woman in cream cardigan seated at a home desk reviewing court paperwork labeled PROTECTIVE ORDER, phone in hand, with soft window light, coffee mug, notebook, and bookshelf in the background, representing a domestic violence survivor exercising her legal rights

A domestic violence protective order restricts the person it was issued against, not the person who sought it. Your right to buy a gun as a survivor is unchanged. Federal law, the Lautenberg Amendment, US v. Rahimi (2024), and state variations explained.