That Congress has not already reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is abhorrent. VAWA, which was initially signed into law by President Bill Clinton, has provided funding and support for domestic violence services for decades. Its various reauthorizations (in 2000, 2005 and 2013) have extended provisions to victims of dating violence and stalking, immigrant and Native victims, and more. Yet the current reauthorization, which was supposed to occur in fall 2018, has stalled, in part due to the government shutdown and in part due to a provision that would block domestic abusers from having firearms. Not surprisingly, the NRA has been vocal in its opposition to that provision.
Sharciga la soo jeediyay ayaa kordhin doona waxa loogu yeero "calanka gaduudan" ee ka mamnuucaya shakhsiyaadka taariikhda rabshadaha qoyska, daba-galka ama weerarka galmoodka inay haystaan ama haystaan hub. Dhawr dawladood ayaa qaatay sharciyo noocan oo kale ah, kuwaas oo inta badan loo yaqaan amarrada ilaalinta khatarta ah (ERPOs), kuwaas oo u oggolaanaya qoysaska iyo xubnaha fulinta sharciga inay ka codsadaan qabashada ku meel gaadhka ah ee qof hubkiisa haddii isaga ama iyada ay khatar ku yihiin naftiisa ama kuwa kale.
Federal law also seems to allow ERPOs. 18 U.S. Code § 922 (g) prohibits individuals who are under court order “for harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner” from possessing a firearm. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which was established in 1993 to collect more detail about criminal incidents, provides information on state-level domestic violence convictions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, inkastoo it is only on a state-by-state basis. The VAWA reauthorization would mandate that states provide relevant legal information to the federal government. In early 2019, New York became the 14th state, along with Washington, D.C., to pass ERPO measures while 29 other states already have similar restrictions for individuals convicted of domestic violence.
Data indicates that ERPOs are effective. A 2006 study found that states that adopted laws authorizing the confiscation of firearms from individuals subject to a domestic violence-related restraining order saw intimate partner homicides drop by seven percent, while another waxbarasho led by researchers at Duke University’s School of Medicine Center found that the EPRO measure enacted by Connecticut in 1998 averted up to 100 suicides, as well as likely dozens of violent homicides. Research is very clear that guns escalate abusive situations. A gun makes it at least five times more likely a woman will be killed.
The NRA, however, has used what is its typical narrative to whip up concern about that provision of the reauthorization. It argues that proponents are “playing politics” and that ERPOs will lead to a slippery slope of broader gun confiscations and prohibitions. NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker told National Journal, “The NRA opposes domestic violence and all violent crime, and spends millions of dollars teaching countless Americans how not to be a victim and how to safely use firearms for self-defense. It is a shame that some in the gun-control community treat the severity of domestic violence so trivially that they are willing to use it as a tool to advance a political agenda.”
Iyadoo Maraykanku uu dib u fasaxay VAWA, khatarta suurtagalka ah ee dhibbanayaasha rabshadaha qoyska, Australia waxay samaysay tallaabooyin ay u badan tahay inay si weyn u yarayso xadgudubka. Sharci cusub ayaa ka mamnuucaya qof kasta oo lagu helay rabshad qoys meel kasta oo adduunka ah inuu helo fiisaha uu ku galo waddanka. Sharciga cusub ayaa xitaa u ogolaanaya dadka lagu helay dambiyada iyo kuwa hadda ku nool dalka ee fiisaha in laga saaro, laga bilaabo Febraayo 28, 2019. Ma muujinayo inaan taageersanahay sharcigaas, sida hubaal ah wuxuu dhalinayaa walaac ku saabsan dhaqancelinta iyo labaad. Fursadaha, laakiin waxay si weyn uga soo horjeedaa rabitaan la'aanta siyaasadeed si wax looga qabto rabshadaha qoyska ee Maraykanka
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