U.S+vs.+Hayes

U.S. vs. Hayes (Mr. Rieck) Grant and Rachel media type="custom" key="3546036" In 1996, Congress extended the federal Gun Control Act of 1968’s prohibition on possessionof a firearm by convicted felons to include persons convicted of a “Misdemeanor or crime of domestic violence.” Hayes was convicted of possession of firearms after being convicted fora misdemeanor or crime. The major question that was being asked was should firearms be illegal? The Second Amendment states the right to keep and bear firearms. This was discussed in the case United States Vs. Hayes. The Supreme Court pointed out that the federal law was intended to close a loophole in the original act that allowed convicted domestic to keep firearms since those convictions were typically (chief justice) misdemeanors. The charges stay the same and are correct because generally as in the case it would entail no elaborate fact finding process to determine whether the victim of a violent assault was the perpetrator’s current or former spouse. The impact is that people who commit domestic violence and live with the person they committed violence to, can go to jail for domestic violence. Even if the two people aren’t married. Chief Justice Roberts, with whom Justice Scalia joins, dissenting. A person convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of violence” is prohibited from possessing a firearm.