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Related: About this forumGabby Giffords Touts First-Ever Senate Hearing On Guns And Domestic Violence
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has scheduled the first-ever Senate hearing on how to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), a survivor of gun violence, had petitioned Leahy earlier this year to hold the hearing.
The Judiciary Committee proceeding is scheduled for July 30.
"Dangerous people who get their hands on guns are a threat to women, families, and our communities," Giffords said in a statement Wednesday. "I thank Chairman Leahy for ensuring that for the first time ever, the United States Senate will hold a hearing on how gun violence impacts America's women, and the commonsense policies that will protect them from gun violence. This is a badly-needed step on the road toward action to make women and families safer from gun violence."
Women in the U.S. are 11 times more likely to die from gun violence than women in other developed countries, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Trauma. Nationwide, 39 percent of female murder victims in 2010 were killed by an intimate partner.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/domestic-violence-guns_n_5592582.html
The Judiciary Committee proceeding is scheduled for July 30.
"Dangerous people who get their hands on guns are a threat to women, families, and our communities," Giffords said in a statement Wednesday. "I thank Chairman Leahy for ensuring that for the first time ever, the United States Senate will hold a hearing on how gun violence impacts America's women, and the commonsense policies that will protect them from gun violence. This is a badly-needed step on the road toward action to make women and families safer from gun violence."
Women in the U.S. are 11 times more likely to die from gun violence than women in other developed countries, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Trauma. Nationwide, 39 percent of female murder victims in 2010 were killed by an intimate partner.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/domestic-violence-guns_n_5592582.html
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Gabby Giffords Touts First-Ever Senate Hearing On Guns And Domestic Violence (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jul 2014
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hack89
(39,171 posts)1. One of my favorite gun owners. I would love to spend a day at the range with her. nt
sarisataka
(18,630 posts)2. Should you hang out with known terrorists
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Amazing!
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