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Direct linkFrattaroli, Shannon; Vernick, Jon S. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Firearms play an important role in lethal domestic violence incidents. The authors review state laws regarding two policies to separate batterers from firearms: laws authorizing police to remove firearms when responding to a domestic violence complaint ("police gun removal laws") and laws authorizing courts to order guns removed from batterers…
Descriptors: Courts, Weapons, Laws, Family Violence
Sorenson, Susan B. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Federal law prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence and those under certain domestic violence restraining orders. The purpose of this investigation is to examine public sentiment about the removal of firearms in the absence of a restraining order or misdemeanor conviction following…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Weapons, Telephone Surveys, Males
Frattaroli, Shannon; Teret, Stephen P. – Evaluation Review, 2006
The Maryland Gun Violence Act, enacted into law in 1996, explicitly authorized courts to order batterers to surrender their firearms through civil protective orders. It also vested law enforcement with the explicit authority to remove guns when responding to a domestic violence complaint. In order to assess how these laws were implemented, we…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Violence, Gun Control, State Legislation
