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Media coverage of Hayes oral argument is not gun shy

By Douglas A. Berman

I complained in this post yesterday that the Second Amendment got absolutely no love or attention from the Supreme Court when it heard oral argument in the Hayes case.  Specifically, neither the Second Amendment nor the decision in Heller was even mentioned once during the Hayes oral argument.  For this reason and others, I was quite intrigued to discover this kind of coverage of the Hayes oral argument today in the Los Angeles Times.  Note this heading and subheading for the report on Hayes:  Domestic violence abusers could get gun rights -- The Supreme Court will decide whether people convicted of misdemeanor assault against their spouses or partners should have their 2nd Amendment rights restored because of a flaw in federal law. Consider also the story's lead and these additional snippets: Thousands convicted of a misdemeanor for threatening or assaulting a spouse or girlfriend could once again own guns because of a flaw in the federal law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).