DoubleTapDrew
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I don't think anyone here is standing up for spouse-beaters (at least I hope not), but rather the fact that it's so easy to get someone charged with domestic violence when none occurred. From an exaggerated recount of an argument to an outright lie to the police someone can remove your RKBA. If you are innocent you will hopefully be able to get it removed, but what does it cost in time and money? $5,000 or more? Last I checked attorney's aren't cheap.I do not support the people who stand with wife abusers, I do not champion the rights of spouse-beaters to buy weapons.
The law won't be repealed. If the folks on a gun forum can't even agree that it's wrong it sure as heck doesn't stand a chance of being repealed.
So with a very basic equation of 300million citizens in the country at 41 cases per 10k people and half of them are false or exaggerations like suggested that works out to 615,000 folks who lost their firearm rights.While the NCVS data indicate a decline in measurable intimate partner violence between 1994 and 2003 the court data from Colorado continues to show an increase in cases. In 1998, the earliest data available, there were 35 DV court cases per 10,000 residents. By 2003 that had increased to 40 DV cases per 10,000. As of 2008, the last year for which data are currently available, there were 41 DV court cases per 10,000 residents. It seems inescapable to conclude that half of these cases are either false allegations or gross exaggerations of a situation for personal gain.
source for quote: http://www.ejfi.org/DV/dv-30.htm