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Domestic Violence
He shot me, too, with a 9mm Glock. Now that's the gun I keep at home.
Nevada is the latest state to try to keep guns out of harassers' hands.
A new study finds that threats made with a firearm can worsen PTSD symptoms of domestic violence victims.
Commentary
The greatest threat women face is from men they know. The criminal justice system doesn't always recognize that fact.
In a majority of cases, the killer is an intimate partner.
Federal law bars convicted abusers from owning guns, but very few states enforce it.
Community Violence
On the other end of the line was a little girl. Her uncle had a gun.
For abusers bent on control, firearms are an effective tool.
A firearm doesn’t have to go off to play a critical role in domestic violence.
A statistical guide to firearms, intimate partner abuse, and the children, parents, and police who become victims, too.
A new study on law enforcement deaths found that domestic disputes are more likely than other scenarios to lead to an officer getting shot. One Massachusetts officer isn’t surprised.
One of the petitioner’s 14 convictions was for slapping his girlfriend so hard that she hit the floor.
Connecticut State House Minority Leader Themis Klarides talks about the tweaks that eased her opposition to a new law requiring alleged abusers to turn in their firearms.
Most states wait for the outcome of a hearing on a permanent order before a firearms ban kicks in— a lag that can have deadly consequences.
Law enforcement had no way to be sure Eulalio Tordil was in full compliance with his protective order, and now three people are dead.
