Community Spotlights
Spokane, WA
June 18, 2026
Sally Wynn, Director of Legal Services for YWCA Spokane, describes the efforts in Spokane to develop standardized compliance processes that ensure people prohibited from having firearms by domestic violence protection order are turning in firearms in a safe and timely manner. As a Firearms Technical Assistance Project site, this was a critical part of Spokane’s strategy for reducing domestic violence firearm homicides.
This work is supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-22-GK-05005-FIRE and awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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