Loophole allows domestic abusers to access guns

[SecularMotion]

A loophole in Pennsylvania’s gun laws has cost the lives of seven people and is often exploited by domestic abusers to terrorize their victims, advocates say.

State law allows gun-owners who are ordered to hand over weapons in domestic abuse cases to turn over the firearms to a friend or relative, rather than the local sheriff, for safekeeping.

Sheriffs warn those who take possession of the guns of their liability if the weapons return to the hands of the alleged abuser. But that doesn’t keep abusers from gaining access anyway, said Abigail Hurst, policy specialist with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The group says at least six women and one child have been killed over the last eight years by men who reclaimed their weapons.

http://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/loophole-allows-domestic-abusers-to-access-guns/article_be187406-e271-11e5-b79a-83a372256869.html

[TupperHappy]

1. What's the difference...

...between handing over guns to friend or family mrmber, then getting them back later, versus borrowing a gun owned by a friend or family member?