#1: THE BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE
The National Domestic Violence Hotline says that:
- More than 1 in 3 callers was threatened with a gun by their abuser.
- More than 3/4 of domestic violence victims reported being stalked by an ex-partner.
Everytown for Gun Safety says that :
- In 54% of incidents in which a current or former intimate partner or family was killed… the shooter killed four or more persons.
- More than half of women killed with guns were murdered by family members or intimate partners of both sexes.
- The risk of domestic violence ending in a female homicide is 500% higher when a gun is present in the house.
And while Federal law prevents individuals convicted of domestic violence crimes and/or abuse from buying and owning a gun under current federal law…
#2: THE CHARLESTON LOOPHOLE
The FBI typically returns results on a background check for a prospective gun buyer within minutes, but if the system returns no results within 3 business days, the sale relies solely on the seller’s discretion.
That was how the white supremacist shooter at Emmanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina obtained the firearm with which he assaulted a Bible study group in 2015, killing nine African Americans including state Senator Clementa Pinckney.
#3) THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE
The “gun show loophole” allows private sellers, including those done at gun shows, to forego a federal background check of the buyer.
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