Connecticut DV Bill Expands Gun Seizure: Ex-Dating
Connecticut DV Bill Expands Gun Seizure: Ex-Dating. Connecticut lawmakers propose federal bill to strip firearms from those under domestic violence orders, including dating partners, without prior hearing. Legal { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/58d66f2f-06ea-4f36-97bf-45035316660a.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-dv-bill-gun-seizure-dating-partners#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-dv-bill-gun-seizure-dating-partners" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/connecticut-dv-bill-gun-seizure-dating-partners", "headline": "Connecticut DV Bill Expands Gun Seizure: Ex-Dating", "name": "Connecticut DV Bill Expands Gun Seizure: Ex-Dating", "description": "Connecticut lawmakers propose federal bill to strip firearms from those under domestic violence orders, including dating partners, without prior hearing. Legal", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "The Connecticut DV gun bill under discussion is the Lori Jackson Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act , a federal bill introduced by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Representative Jim Himes (D-CT). It would expand who can lose firearm rights under a domestic violence court order — including dating partners and people under certain temporary ex parte orders issued before a hearing. In his breakdown on Greyhive, Gun Guru walked through the bill section by section after it surfaced in a WTNH report out of New Haven. His core position is worth stating up front: he supports removing firearms from people charged with domestic violence — but only after due process, and the ex parte provisions in this bill strip guns first and hold the hearing later. The bill is named for two women — Lori Jackson of Oxford, Connecticut, and Nicolette Elias of Portland, Oregon — both shot and killed by estranged abusive partners even after securing emergency restraining orders. As of the video, the bill had only been submitted to the Senate and was, in Gun Guru's words, \"just kind of lingering there.\" Key Takeaways The bill is federal, introduced by CT/OR Democrats Blumenthal, Wyden, and Himes — not a Connecticut state law. It closes the so-called \"boyfriend loophole\" by adding dating partners and former dating partners to federal firearm …