Zackey Rahimi, the Texas criminal defendant challenging a federal gun law before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, said this summer that he no longer wanted to own firearms and expressed remorse for his actions that got him in trouble with the law.

“I will make sure for sure this time that when I finish my time being incarcerated to stay the faithful, righteous person I am this day, to stay away from all drugs at all times, do probation & parole rightfully, to go to school & have a great career, have a great manufacturing engineering job, to never break any law again, to stay away from the wrong circle, to stay away from all firearms & weapons, & to never be away from my family again,” Rahimi, who is being held at a Fort Worth jail, said in a handwritten letter dated July 25.

He continued: “I had firearms for the right reason in our place to be able to protect my family at all times especially for what we’ve went through in the past but I’ll make sure to do whatever it takes to be able to do everything the right pathway & to be able to come home fast as I can to take care of my family at all times.”

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    known abusers

    Incorrect. For that to be correct, there would have to be a standard of proof. The correct term here is accused abusers.

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      41 year ago

      Semantics are easy when you’re sacrificing other people’s lives.

      It’s bizarre you think yourself a hero as you openly advocate putting the property of abusers over the safety of those they abuse, like temporarily losing access to firearms is a bigger tragedy than being executed by a former partner.

      Are we supposed to politely ignore how that makes you look? People who hit their wives also post on social media and it shouldn’t come as a shock to people that they also tend see themselves the victim and right about everything.

      You’re a big brave boy, you can handle a few months away from your beloved guns.

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        -41 year ago

        Burden of proof that a gun owner respects human life is on them. I’d like another amendment please.

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          21 year ago

          It’s pretty clear that you don’t actually have any ideas here and are just like a barking dog.

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      21 year ago

      So you engage in sophistry to avoid an actual argument. That didn’t fly in Ancient Greece and won’t fly here.