The Orlando shooting has brought the issue of gun control and gun rights to the forefront of American politics. As public outrage over yet another mass shooting runs high, media outlets have turned their focus to the killer’s motivations, his history. Just as in any other mass shooting or act of public, fatal violence, the […]

A woman’s intimate partner with a gun is statistically a much greater threat to her than is a total stranger. A recent report from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) analyzed national and state-by-state statistics from the FBI’s 2015 Uniform Crime Reports and Supplementary Homicide Report on homicides committed against women by a single male offender. […]