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State laws that require or allow firearm prohibition for temporary domestic violence restraining orders are associated with a 16 percent reduction in firearm intimate partner homicides (and a 13 percent reduction in overall intimate partner homicide).

Zeoli, A., McCourt A., Buggs S., Frattaroli S., Lilley D., Webster D. “Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations With Intimate Partner Homicide.” American Journal of Epidemiology. (2018). https://bit.ly/2DB3LKi

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