How Some Cities Are Working Harder To Keep Guns Away From Domestic Abusers

Many abusers can legally obtain guns because of loopholes in federal laws.

By Anthony CaveJanuary 17, 2019 9:30 am, , ,

From KERA:

Stephanie Bond was married to her husband for almost 22 years before he called her into the master bedroom one afternoon in February 2010.

“He pulled out a .45-caliber gun and shot me three times in our walk-in closet with three of the four children at the home,” Bond said.

“After he shot me, he put the gun in his mouth and killed himself — and died next to me.”

“After he shot me, he put the gun in his mouth and killed himself — and died next to me.”

Bond survived and is one of almost 1 million women that have been shot or shot at by their partner, according to analysis of U.S. Department of Justice data. More than 4 million women have been threatened with a gun.

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