On February 15, 2023, the Resource Center’s Director, Julia Weber, presented at the Santa Clara County Gun Conference, in Campbell, California. Over 250 law enforcement officers and prosecutors from the San Francisco Bay Area were in attendance. Julia presented on…
By: Alicia Nichols LSW and Christina Jones J.D. | February 28, 2022 “No man will ever hit me. You just can’t hit a Black woman. We won’t stand for that.” As a twenty-something domestic violence advocate, these words stunned me. I…
The Office on Violence Against Women interviewed NRCDVF Director Dave Keck for a recent episode of their podcast, Patchwork. Read about it here, and then listen to the full episode on the DOJ website or wherever you find your podcasts.
Wisconsin law enforcement put into place a thorough system of forms and checkpoints to make sure that protection order respondents are, when mandated, relieved of their firearms. Having such an organized system helps make sure that everything goes right–and when…
Did you know that most mass shootings in the US happen inside private homes, and not in public spaces? This video, produced by the Battered Women’s Project, features Deputy Director of the NRCDVF Alicia Nichols. Listen to her run through some…
This article was written by Kerry Shaw and initially published on The Trace. To read the full article, click here. In February, Erin Nealy Cox, a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, held a press conference to…
Six in ten Native women will be physically assaulted at some point in their lives and, on some reservations, the murder rate for Native women is ten times the national average. For Native women, the lethal threat a gun poses in…
Background check systems, such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), were created to work like a net; they are designed to catch and deter anyone not allowed to possess a gun before a purchase is completed. A net with…
The SMU Dedman School of Law recently published “Taking Aim at Family Violence: A Report on the Dallas County Gun Surrender Program.” Written by students Laura Choi, Rachel Elkin, and Monica Harasim, the report explores the effectiveness of the Dallas…
A background check for a firearms purchase is only as reliable as the information it contains. In theory it operates like a net, catching those who are not permitted to buy a gun, and identifying them before they can complete…
