If you are a victim of domestic violence or know anyone who is suffering from domestic violence please know that you are not alone.
Please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233), available 24/7, for confidential assistance from a trained advocate, or text START to 88788 from anywhere in the U.S.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we have to talk about the deadly connection between gun violence and domestic violence.
- 68% of mass shootings involve a perpetrator with a history of domestic violence
- Domestic gun violence is one of the leading causes of homicide death for women in America
- Access to a gun makes it five times more likely that a woman will die at the hands of her abuser
- Every single day, an average of 2.5 women in America are shot and killed by an intimate partner
- Every month, 76 women are shot and killed by intimate partners
Families are crying out for help but our current system favors abusive gun owners over victims. This is unacceptable.
This past summer, the Supreme Court overturned the Fifth Circuit court’s decision in U.S. v. Rahimi, rightfully upholding a life-saving federal law that bars domestic violence abusers from possessing guns. This is a strong first step but there’s more to do to ensure that abusers aren’t armed. And the fact this even happened in the first place is a failure.
Rahimi may stand, but because of NYSRPA v. Bruen, the 2022 decision where SCOTUS overturned common-sense laws that simply invite responsibility for carrying concealed firearms, gun safety progress is threatened in courts across the country.
We must keep guns out of abusers’ hands everywhere — period. We can’t let our leaders continue to prioritize the gun lobby, far-right extremists, and the NRA over protecting victims of domestic violence.
Onwards,
March For Our Lives
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