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California found 66% of the battered women in shelters had been intimidated with a gun.
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A useless statistic. 66% of how many women? 100? 1000?
I know that even one is too many, but abusers will use any tool at their disposal.
Lack of having a weapon won't change an underlying mindset.
The other thing missing from that statistic is did it happen once in their life or seven times a day?
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FWIW, what difference does it make how often ?
Is once enough, or does the intimidator get one freebee, or two, or... ?
Here is data from the
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Am J Public Health. 2004 Aug;94(8):1412-7.
Weapons in the lives of battered women.
Sorenson SB, Wiebe DJ.
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
OBJECTIVES:
We assessed weapon use in intimate partner violence and perspectives on hypothetical firearm policies.
METHODS:
We conducted structured in-person interviews with 417 women in 67 battered women's shelters.
RESULTS:
Words, hands/fists, and feet were the most common weapons used against and by battered women.
About one third of the battered women had a firearm in the home.
In two thirds of these households, the intimate partner used the gun(s) against the woman,
usually threatening to shoot/kill her (71.4%) or to shoot at her (5.1%).
Most battered women thought spousal notification/consultation regarding gun purchase
would be useful and that a personalized firearm ("smart gun") in the home would make things worse.
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