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Domestic Violence
Federal law bars convicted abusers from owning guns, but very few states enforce it.
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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.
The bill aims to remove firearms during a time period that's especially dangerous for domestic violence victims.
In a Supreme Court case where convicted domestic abusers want their gun rights restored, the Justice raised concerns about protecting the Second Amendment.
America has come a long way in treating all domestic violence as serious. To get their firearm rights back, two men from Maine are making an argument which threatens that progress.
The tally comes amid states' uneven attempts to plug loopholes in federal laws meant to keep guns out of abusers’ hands.
Lawmakers and gun-rights advocates have called for arming abuse victims, but few battered women are mentally and emotionally prepared to pull the trigger.
