A Woman Terrorized With a Gun Is a Woman Harmed by One
We must recognize that abusers with guns can cause damage well before they fire.
Domestic Violence
Do Stronger Gun Laws Reduce Domestic Homicide?
A reader asks whether strict gun laws reduce killings by intimate partners. Experts say yes, but some laws are more effective than others.
No Shots Fired
In coercive control, men use guns to threaten, manipulate, and traumatize their intimate partners, without ever pulling a trigger.
Share Your Story: Have You Been Threatened With a Gun By an Intimate Partner?
One million American women have survived a gunshot wound or been shot at,…
More Than Three Quarters of Domestic Violence Incidents Involved Dating Partners, Study Finds
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania finds that more than three…
More Officials Are Stepping Up Efforts to Ensure Domestic Abusers Relinquish Their Guns
Politicians and law enforcement officials across the country are beginning to experiment with…
States With Tougher Restrictions on Gun Ownership Experience Fewer Domestic Violence Murders
Women in America are shot to death by their current or former romantic…
Here’s the Document That Should Have Prevented Devin Kelley From Buying Guns
One line of text in a document released after Sunday’s mass shooting in…
UPDATE: Clarifying Our Reporting on the Military, Domestic Violence Records, and Gun Background Checks
A scan of active records shows the Department of Defense has forwarded just a single misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence to NICS.
Pennsylvania Could Be the 8th State This Year to Toughen Gun Restrictions for Domestic Abusers
Domestic abusers in Pennsylvania currently have 60 days to turn over their guns…
Washington Will Be the First State to Alert Victims When a Domestic Abuser Tries to Buy a Gun
“It’s a matter of life and death," says one survivor.
My Abuser Shot and Killed Our Son. I Found Healing at the Gun Range.
He shot me, too, with a 9mm Glock. Now that's the gun I keep at home.