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flamin lib

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Mon May 11, 2015, 10:31 AM May 2015

Study: Arizona domestic-violence victims die from guns at twice U.S. rate

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/05/08/arizona-criticized-failure-protect-domestic-violence-victims/26995689/


105 homicides
In total, Everytown identified 105 homicides in Arizona between 2009-2013 in which someone was murdered with a firearm by a current or former intimate partner. In 89 percent of the cases, the victim was a woman. Perpetrators also shot 32 other victims — neighbors, friends, family members, and children — killing 25 of them, 11 of whom were children.

13 percent
There were ample indications that the perpetrators posed a risk to their partners. One in seven shooters (13 percent) was prohibited from possessing firearms due to their criminal history or an active order of protection. Furthermore 41 percent of the shooters had a previous arrest or conviction or had been under an order of protection at one time.

1 in 6
Offenders under an active order of protection were rarely required to turn in their firearms. A person under an active order of protection is prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law,11 but of the perpetrators identified in this census that were under an active order of protection, only one in six has been affirmatively required to turn in their firearms.

1 in 105
Firearms were used far more frequently to murder an intimate partner than to kill an abuser in self-defense. Out of 105 incidents, only one perpetrator claiming to have used the firearm in self-defense had that claim upheld by a court. In at least four additional incidents, the victim had purchased a gun for self-defense prior to the incident but was not able to use it or worse, had it used against them.


The gunners amongst us will look at the source of the study (Everytown for gun safety) and claim bias and lying. They always do no matter how detailed the data or how carefully the methodology is explained.

For instance, you can see the entire report here:
http://everytown.org/documents/2015/05/census-of-domestic-violence-gun-homicides-in-az.pdf/?source=prno_AZDVRelease
and download the entire data set here:
http://3gbwir1ummda16xrhf4do9d21bsx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/AZDVDataset.xlsx
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