Zackey Rahimi is an odd choice to be the face of the gun-rights movement.
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on July 13, 2023, in Washington. In arguments on Nov. 1, Supreme Court justices will weigh a California man’s attempt to trademark a phrase mocking former President Donald Trump as “too small.”(AP …Prosecutors say he’s a violent drug dealer who has a history of domestic abuse and making threats, coupled with a hot-headed temper and a penchant for guns that has bred a string of shootings.
Rahimi’s lawyers, in briefs to the high court, disputed some of the horror-story allegations against him. But they also said those aren’t relevant to the issue at stake, which is whether his gun rights can be stripped because of a domestic violence restraining order, even though he had not previously been convicted of a felony.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which earlier had ruled against Rahimi, reversed itself, saying that in the wake of the Bruen ruling the law could not withstand the new historical test the high court had laid out. She went to court and won a two-year restraining order against Rahimi, which not only ordered him to stay away from his now ex-girlfriend but also meant he couldn’t possess a gun.
Rahimi faced state and federal charges. The state cases in Texas are still pending, but Rahimi was convicted in U.S. District Court of violating the restraining order by possessing a gun. He was sentenced to 73 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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