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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday June 22nd, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today a look at the Supreme Court's decision on domestic abusers and firearms.

Plus Georgia will mandate election training for police.

And we look at how little vacation Americans take

compared with the rest of the world.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a law

banning domestic abusers from owning guns.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the 8-1 majority

writing that since the founding our nation's firearm laws have included

provisions preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms.

For his part, Justice Clarence Thomas, the loan to center, an author of one of the past key

gun rights decisions, said there isn't a single historical regulation that justifies the ban.

The case centered on a Texas man, Zaki Rahimi, who was involved in five shootings

between 2020 and 2021.

Rahimi pleaded guilty to the federal crime of possessing guns

while subject to a restraining order,

but an appeals court throughout his conviction.

Yesterday's decision shows that a conservative court that has expanded gun rights

also sees areas for limitations.

Georgia will be the first state to mandate election training for its law enforcement

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