Category: Prosecutors Against Gun Violence
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (EFSGV), the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV) announced the launch of a comprehensive website about domestic violence protective order enforcements and firearm surrender. The website is a user-friendly, unique tool to research and compare firearm removal laws, which often vary dramatically between states.
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Guns and domestic violence are a lethal combination. More than half of all women murdered in the United States are killed by an intimate partner with a gun , and the chance of being murdered by an abusive partner increases five - fold when there is a gun in the home . Abusers also use guns as a tool to terrorize and control victims in various ways.
According to the latest research, policies that prohibit abusers from purchasing or possessing guns...
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