The backfiring of the domestic violence firearms bans.

I. INTRODUCTION

Dale Barsness was a convicted wife batterer. At the time of his conviction, he had a replete and fair opportunity to be heard. He admitted in unclose court that he assaulted his wife, and the court place him guilty in a final adjudication of the matter. Because he was a convicted abuser, 18 USC [section] 922(g)(9) which prohibits all someones convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor from possessing firearms, applied to Barsness.

Barsness's employer the Minneapolis Police Department, required him to posses a fire-arm Since the federal law compell Barsness