Texas Defendant Drops Firearms and Challenges Federal Gun Law at Supreme Court
Zackey Rahimi, the Texas defendant challenging a federal gun law before the Supreme Court, expressed in a letter that he no longer wants to own firearms and regrets his actions. Rahimi, who is being held on separate charges related to gun-related incidents, is challenging his conviction under a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing a firearm. Supporters of gun rights have criticized Rahimi's history of violent behavior, but the case presents an opportunity for the conservative-majority court to revisit the Second Amendment.