MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A legislative committee is holding a public hearing on a bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
The bill would make it a crime for a person who is subject of a relief from abuse order to possess a firearm. It would require that provisions be included in relief from abuse orders stating that alleged abusers relinquish all firearms until the orders expire. It also would allow courts to issue warrants to seize any firearms from alleged abusers in connection with such orders.
The hearing takes place Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the House chamber of the Statehouse.
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