Citation

Zeoli AM, Bonomi AE. Womens Health Issues 2014; 25(1): 3-5.

Affiliation

Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.whi.2014.09.005

PMID

25445665

Abstract

In the growing public health and legislative debate on safety from gun violence for domestic violence victims there are two sides: Those who promote disarming abusers to reduce the risk of homicide, and those who promote arming victims to protect themselves from their abusers. Both sides have experienced recent state-level legislative success. However, legislation passed to facilitate the arming of domestic violence victims ignores the dangerous realities of abusive relationships.

Language: en