Can individuals under domestic violence TROs possess guns?

Senator Karl Rhoads joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on whether bump stocks are illegal, if individuals under domestic violence restraining orders can possess firearms and attempts to ban assault weapons in Hawaii.

The U.S. Supreme Court just issued two opinions that impact how guns are regulated in America.  One case challenged a ban on machine gun conversion devices called bump stocks and the other challenged a federal law that prohibits the possession of firearms by individuals under a domestic violence restraining order.  Another case held that the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) First Amendment rights were violated when a government official tried to pressure banks and insurance companies into cutting ties with gun rights organizations after the Parkland High School massacre.  The Supreme Court also just agreed to hear a case regarding efforts to regulate “ghost guns.”

Q.  First let’s talk about bump stocks which enabled a mass shooter to fire over 1,000 rounds into a crowd in 11 minutes, killing 60 people and injuring over 500 more at a music festival in Las Vegas.  The issue was whether the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority to classify bump stocks as machine guns which are generally prohibited under federal law.  Tell us how the...