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FIREARMS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE


National Domestic Violence Hotline: Domestic Violence Support

Everyone deserves relationships free from domestic violence. When you're ready, we're here to listen with confidential support 24/7/365.

Domestic Violence and Firearms | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Guns and domestic violence are a lethal combination. State and federal law must include protections to ensure that individuals with histories of domestic ...

Domestic Violence & Firearms - Giffords

Gun access increases the risk of murder by an abusive partner. Preventing people who have committed domestic abuse from possessing firearms helps prevent ...

Domestic Violence - Everytown

Domestic violence and gun violence are deeply interconnected, impacting millions of women, families, and communities across the US.

Domestic Violence and Firearms

Over half of all intimate partner homicides are committed with guns. Indeed, a woman is five times more likely to be murdered when her abuser has access to a ...

Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides

More than half of all intimate partner homicides involve a firearm and firearms are frequently used by perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) to ...

Domestic Violence Prevention - Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Research has shown that the presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicides against women by 500 percent.

Ensuring Effective Implementation of Laws that Disarm Domestic ...

Federal law prohibits abusers under domestic violence restraining orders or who have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence from possessing ...

1117. Restrictions on the Possession of Firearms by Individuals ...

This provision amends the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 by banning the possession of firearms by individuals convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic ...

Guns in the Hands of Domestic Abusers - Brady Campaign

Firearms are the weapons of choice for domestic violence homicides: In fact, female intimate partners are more likely to be murdered with a gun than by all ...

Domestic Violence - Gun Safety in New York State

Intimate partner violence and gun violence are inextricably linked, impacting millions of women, families, and communities across the country.

Frequently Asked Questions About Domestic Violence and Firearms

There are three primary gaps in current federal law that leave survivors of domestic abuse vulnerable to future gun violence. 1. Dating partner ...

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms

Launched in 2016, the Safer Families, Safer Communities website is the first website wholly dedicated to addressing the intersection of domestic violence and ...

The Intersection of Gun Violence and Intimate Partner Violence

As June and Gun Violence Awareness Month comes to a close, this blog shines light on the intersection of gun violence and IPV.

The Facts on Guns and Domestic Violence

A gun is the weapon most commonly used in domestic homicides. In fact, more than three times as many women are murdered by guns used by their husbands or ...

Supreme Court Upholds Domestic Violence Gun Ban: Implications ...

The Supreme Court upheld a federal statute prohibiting individuals subject to domestic violence protective orders from possessing firearms.

Guns and Violence Against Women - Everytown Research

Abusers with firearms are five times more likely to kill their female victims, 1Jacquelyn C. Campbell et al., “Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive ...

How gun policies affect the role of firearms in domestic violence - PBS

According to research, women are five times more likely to die when a domestic abuser has access to a gun. Kelly Roskam, director of law and ...

DV & Firearms - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin

Domestic violence and firearms are a lethal combination, and abusers' easy access to firearms endangers survivors. Abusers often choose to use guns to ...

No guns for domestic abuse suspects, Supreme Court rules - BBC

People placed under restraining orders for suspected domestic violence do not have a right to own guns, the Supreme Court has ruled.