Some important items: *”A person is five times more likely to be murdered in a domestic violence situation if a firearm is present.”

“In addition to the increased homicide risks, there is really strong evidence that batterers use firearms as kind of tools as terror and intimidation with regard to their children and there partners.”*

Jinkins also cited a ” State Institute of Public Policy finding that domestic violence is the greatest predictor of criminal acts and the single biggest predictor of violent crime of any kind.”

Also, “Domestic violence homicide perpetrators use guns more than all other weapons combined,” said Crone. “Between 1997 and 2014, 54 percent of the 678 of the domestic violence homicides in Washington were committed with firearms.”