Group considers how gun control could affect domestic violence - Ohio

Chris Engel 4/3/137:07 PM

"Among Kelly Cameron’s childhood memories is the image of her stepfather pressing a gun to the heads of her toddler sisters.

"That’s how he tried to keep her mother from leaving him. He threatened to kill two girls, ages 2 and 3....

"Jay Plant, of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which hosted the nationwide events, said universal background checks would save women’s lives. Citing coalition statistics, he said that 38 percent fewer women are shot to death by intimate partners in states that require a background check for every handgun sale...."

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/04/03/Group-promotes-gun-laws-to-curb-domestic-violence.html

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