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SecularMotion

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Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:06 AM Jul 2017

Washington Will Be the First State to Alert Victims When a Domestic Abuser Tries to Buy a Gun [View all]

Thousands of times each year in the United States, someone convicted of domestic abuse or subject to an active restraining order seeks to illegally purchase a gun from a licensed dealer — usually, without any consequences. On July 23, Washington will become the first state to require authorities to notify victims when such an attempted sale takes place. The measure is part of a sweeping new law that seeks to crack down on all prohibited purchasers who attempt to buy firearms in the state, a practice known as “lie and try.”

“Giving survivors of domestic violence the option to be notified if an abuser attempts to illegally purchase a gun allows them to more accurately plan for their own safety and the safety of those closest to them,” said Tamaso Johnson, the public policy director for the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The legislation, which establishes a grant program to aid authorities in conducting investigations into failed attempts to purchase firearms, comes amid heightened attention to the danger posed by abusers armed with guns.

According to the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning advocacy group, more than half of women killed as a result of domestic violence between 2001 and 2012 nationwide were killed with a gun. Other research has found that if a domestic-violence abuser has access to a gun, a victim is five times more likely to be killed.

https://www.thetrace.org/2017/07/washington-domestic-violence-laws-alert-abusers-guns/
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