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4 Nov 2015, 7:39 am
These people aren't satisfied by the argument that it's already against the law to commit murder and other gun violence. [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 4:24 am by SHG
The House voted to reauthorize the lapsed Violence Against Women Act ((VAWA), which maintains that curious name given how much of the domestic violence is purports to address is committed by women as well as men. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 6:12 am by Irene
Songs often include profanity, offensive descriptions of women, gun violence and some encourage defying or attacking police. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 5:00 am
" Also, gun expert Bill Martin has had such a large demand from women he has had to create all-female concealed weapon permit classes. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 11:04 am by M Bates
Registered guns can be stolen, given to someone else, stored anywhere (i.e. not at the address that the registry has for the owner) and one would think that police safety is far more likely at risk from illegal guns anyway.If the purpose is an attempt to gain political points in the wake of a terrible unpreventable mass murder of promising young college students by making the public go back into complacency regarding the true issues of violence against… [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 12:08 pm by Ashley Hogan
The report [text, PDF] released by the human rights group describes how the parties to the conflict, "killed and injured civilians in displaced persons camps with indiscriminate gun and artillery fire, committed widespread sexual violence against women who left those camps in search... [read post]
Department of Housing & Urban Development initiated a separate Fair Housing Act complaint against Norristown, alleging that Norristown violated the law by discriminating against domestic violence survivors, the vast majority of whom are women. [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai
Margot Bennett, executive director of Los Angeles based Women Against Gun Violence, the organization that sparked the idea for the free lock program, says “gun owners talk a good story about safe gun storage and locking their guns up, but they don’t. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Catherine Morris
While mass shootings in US schools, places of worship, and public venues grab headlines, most gun violence – 70 percent – involves domestic violence, with women disproportionately injured or killed. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 6:22 am by Sarah M Donnelly
 They are urging the Supreme Court to uphold the convictions for VAWA and Native women, who are more at risk to gun and domestic violence by repeat offenders. [read post]
28 Jul 2022, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Recently (in part because of the reluctance of some in Congress to renew the Violence Against Women Act), more attention has been given to the rampant sexual abuse of both women and men in the military. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 9:02 pm by Allie Gottlieb
These programs—including the National Domestic Violence Hotline, rape crisis centers, and shelters for victims—have traditionally been funded under the authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). [read post]
29 Jun 2019, 3:12 pm by John Floyd
  And what has been the impact of the stiff penalties for gun violence as this industry was built? [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 2:09 pm
Their commanding officer moved him to a different unit.Good newsThe army is keen to be involved with White Ribbon Day, 25 November, when men say that they are opposed to violence to women. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 12:34 pm by Sandra Park, Women's Rights Project
Responding to advocacy by the ACLU and others, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new regulations yesterday implementing the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that emphasized the need to protect domestic violence victims, not evict them. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 10:00 am by Peter Berlin
” Domestic Violence Cases According to the National Coalition of Domestic Violence, every year more than 1 million women are victimized by an intimate partner. [read post]
14 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm by Amanda LeSavage
She argued against gun control laws because she claimed they will limit the ability of young women and others to defend themselves. [read post]
10 Mar 2018, 1:07 am by admin
If there’s a job for which domestic violence should be a barrier, isn’t it the job which provides a deadly weapon, trains persons to track people and depends on discernment and prerogative to defend the victim against domestic violence? [read post]