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Interstate Domestic Violence 

18 U.S.C. 2261 (a)(1)
Travel or Conduct of Offender. – A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate a spouse or intimate partner, and who, in the course of or as a result of such travel, commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence against that spouse or intimate partner, is guilty of a Federal crime.  

18 U.S.C. 2261 (a)(2)
Causing Travel of Victim – A person who causes a spouse or intimate partner to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and who, in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel, commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence against that spouse or intimate partner, is guilty of a Federal crime.  

Interstate Violation of a Protective Order

18 U.S.C. 2262 (a)(1)
Travel or Conduct of Offender – A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to engage in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, and subsequently engages in such conduct, is guilty of a Federal crime.  

18 U.S.C. 2262 (a)(2)
Causing Travel of Victim – A person who causes another person to travel in interstate or foreign commerce or to enter or leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud, and in the course of, as a result of, or to facilitate such conduct or travel engages in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that prohibits or provides protection against violence, threats, or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another person, or that would violate such a portion of a protection order in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued, is guilty of a Federal crime.  

Interstate Stalking [Arkansas stalking laws]

18 U.S.C. 2261A
(1) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, that person, a member of the immediate family of that person, or the spouse or intimate partner of that person, is guilty of a Federal crime.
  
(2) Whoever who uses the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in a course of conduct that places a person who is in another State or tribal jurisdiction or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, that person, a member of the immediate family of that person, or a spouse or intimate partner of that person, with the intent to kill or injure that person; or to place that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to that person, a member of the immediate family of that person, or a spouse or intimate partner of that person, is guilty of a Federal crime.

Possession of a Firearm while Subject to a Protection Order

18 U.S.C. 922 (g)(8)
Under this statute, it is unlawful for anyone subject to a protection order that meets certain statutory requirements to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition or to receive any firearm or ammunition that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce if the subject was served with notice of the hearing and given a chance to appear.  [benchcard]

Possession of a Firearm after Conviction of a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence

18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9)
Under this law, it is unlawful for anyone who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition or to receive any firearm or ammunition that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. [benchcard]

Felon in Possession of a Firearm

18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1)
This statute makes it a federal crime for anyone convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition or to receive any firearm or ammunition or to receive any firearm or ammunition that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.