Behind Closed Doors: Unmasking the Lethal Link Between Firearms and Domestic Violence

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BWJP Presents: Taking Back Control

The Battered Women's Justice Project

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This is a podcast brought to you by BWJP. BWJP is the national resource center on civil and criminal justice responses to gender based violence. In this podcast we will bring together advocates from across the country to talk about the importance of centering survivor stories in the work of gender based violence.

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Behind Closed Doors: Unmasking the Lethal Link Between Firearms and Domestic Violence

BWJP Presents: Taking Back Control

49 minutes 18 seconds

2 years ago

Behind Closed Doors: Unmasking the Lethal Link Between Firearms and Domestic Violence

Did you know the risk of homicide increases by at least 500% when a firearm is present? This means that a woman is five times more likely to be killed by her partner when the partner has access to a firearm. June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, and BWJP has an all-star lineup of experts in intimate partner violence and firearms to shed light on this deadly crisis.

Rob Valente, Interim Director of the National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships
Alicia Nichols, Deputy Director of the National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships
Monica Player, Director of the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
Sarah Hur Attorney Advisor for the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
Lumarie Orozco Director of the Firearms Technical Assistance Project
Rachel Graber Deputy Director of the Firearms Technical Assistance Project

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