When the Supreme Court convenes Tuesday, it will be confronted with a high-stakes case that pits the Second Amendment right to bear arms against a law that seeks to protect victims of domestic violence.
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In the past 25 years, people who tried to buy guns at gun stores were rejected because of having active protection orders about 78,000 times, according to the F.B.I.
The case before the Supreme Court involves a gun law enacted by Congress nearly 30 years ago that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms.