{"id":30985,"date":"2023-02-14T21:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/14\/stronghearts-native-helpline-women-denied-right-to-safety-with-court-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:11:05","slug":"stronghearts-native-helpline-women-denied-right-to-safety-with-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/14\/stronghearts-native-helpline-women-denied-right-to-safety-with-court-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"StrongHearts Native Helpline: Women denied right to safety with court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\"5th<\/a>
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Right To Safety Denied<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, February 14, 2023<\/div>\r\n
By StrongHearts Native Helpline<\/div>\r\n
strongheartshelpline.org<\/A><\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n EAGAN, Minnesota — \r\nOn February 2, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in their ruling of \u201cUnited States v. Rahimi\u201d<\/a> declared that the ban on access to firearms as it relates to domestic violence is unconstitutional because the statute 922(g)(8)<\/a> (1994) restriction of the Second Amendment right [does not] fit within our Nation\u2019s historical tradition of firearm regulation. Further, that unless and until a crime has been committed and convicted — said perpetrator is a law abiding citizen.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThere are many reasons that survivors of domestic violence do not report their victimizations to law enforcement. Two of the most common are fears that the criminal justice system will fail them, as it too often does, and fear of reprisals from the partner who has harmed them. Both fears are real.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThis action has removed one of the few tools that survivors have to protect themselves and their children. It is hard to reconcile the courts\u2019 reliance on antiquated laws and their perceived intent with the statistics on femicide,\u201d said CEO Lori Jump, StrongHearts Native Helpline.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n \u201cBy ignoring data and factual evidence, the courts subject survivors and children to gun laws that refuse to protect them,\u201d said Jump, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.\r\n

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