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Moving Beyond the “Honor System”: Effective Strategies to Prevent Prohibited Abusers’ Access to Firearms
March 4, 2020
This webinar, hosted by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) offers practice tips and strategies for legal system professionals who are implementing domestic violence firearm surrender processes. Presenters describe the factors that contribute to a firearms surrender “honor system,” and offers concrete examples of how communities can move away from this and toward a “Culture of Compliance” in their court systems. The webinar addresses what can be done at key steps of the civil protection order process, using examples from jurisdictions around the country.
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Promising Practices: Federal-State-Local Coordinated Justice System Responses to Domestic Violence and Firearms
Over several months in 2024, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms (NRCDVF) conducted site visits in three communities, each of which has developed a multi-jurisdictional collaboration with the specific goal of addressing firearm-facilitated domestic violence and domestic…
Author: NRCDVF
Understanding U.S. v. Rahimi: Practical Considerations
This webinar summarizes the case and the Court’s decision, as well as identifies practical considerations for courts, attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement, victim advocates and others for implementing the federal domestic violence protection order firearm prohibition in light of the Rahimi…
Author: NRCDVF
Firearms Relinquishment in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence: How to Structure Effective Protocols For Your Community
This resource details the importance of having a firearm relinquishment protocol and provides steps for developing a coordinated community response and developing an effective protocol that can be institutionalized.
Author: BWJP