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Remove the gun, save the domestic violence victim: The stat that backs the claim.

by Digital Team
July 26, 2022

[PHOTO: King County’s Sandra Shanahan shows Seattle City Council members some of the guns taken from violent abusers. “IPV” stands for Intimate Partner Violence. (Courtesy Seattle Channel)]

Shanahan, manager of the recently formed Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit says research show the presence of a firearm in a domestic violence situation increases the chance of a homicide by 500 percent. Click the play arrow to hear Corwin Haeck’s story.

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