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This article examines practices in Wisconsin that help facilitate surrender of firearms from prohibited possessors. Federal law prohibits respondents in Orders for Protection from possessing firearms since the passage in 1994 of the original Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Many…
Author: Danielle Long, Stephanie Avalon
Wisconsin recently enacted legislation intended to ensure that respondents subject to protection orders comply with the firearm surrender requirements. Under Wisconsin law, respondents subject to a domestic abuse or child abuse injunction are automatically required to surrender the firearms they…
Author: Danielle Long, David W. Keck, Amber Peterson, Rochelle Skorlinski, BWJP
This promising practice explores El Paso’s court system’s adoption of protocols to aid in the removal of firearms from dangerous abusers.
Author: National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, BWJP
This promising practice focuses on Pueblo, Colorado Courts’ adoption of forms to enhance victim safety and offender accountability by providing judges with more information. This article focuses on the forms concerning firearm removal.
Author: National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, BWJP
In this webinar, originally titled Firearms in the Context of Severe and Fatal Domestic Violence, the faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discusses research on firearms in the context of severe and fatal domestic violence. They address the risks…
Author: Daniel W. Webster, Shannon Frattaroli, Eugenio Carral
In this webinar, originally titled Firearms Surrender, Retrieval and Protection Orders: Research and Practice in North Carolina, Dr. Moracco reviews the findings and recommendations of a study she co-authored in 2006, Preventing Firearms Violence Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: An Evaluation…
Author: Beth Moracco, The University of North Carolina at Chapen Hill
Discussion in this webinar includes triggering the federal firearms law, nuances of prohibitions, possible implications for service members, as well as similar state firearm prohibitions. Whether you work for the military or work in a civilian community-based organization or program,…
Author: Sarah Henry
These model forms on firearm surrender were provided by Miami-Dade Domestic Violence Court. These forms provide examples of orders for return of firearms to seizure and surrender policy and procedures.
Author: National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, BWJP
This article provides an overview of the various roles that firearms play in a domestic violence context. The role of firearms in domestic violence-related homicides is enormous and beyond controversy. Firearms are used to commit the vast majority of domestic…
Author: Kristine Lizdas, BWJP
This report provides an overview of firearm laws and information on model programs and promising practices as they relate to the removal of firearms from abusers in the United States and tribal jurisdictions.
Author: National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, BWJP
