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Many folks have found themselves subject to a prohibition on the receipt, possession, purchase, and transport of firearms under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) due to a conviction for a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. So what, precisely, qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence? Under 18 U.S.C. 921(33), except for certain exceptions, a misdemeanor crime...