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In reply to the discussion: Who kills women with guns? [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)65. While technically true, the statisic is grossly misleading.
It does not separate out violent partners from the non-violent. It is extremely rare for a peaceful partner to suddenly fly off the handle and kill his female partner. Note that "rare" does not mean "never", it means rare.
Numerous books and studies confirm that there are predictors that indicate when things are approaching a fatal level.
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/riskprotectivefactors.html
Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence
Individual Risk Factors
Low self-esteem
Low income
Low academic achievement
Young age
Aggressive or delinquent behavior as a youth
Heavy alcohol and drug use
Depression
Anger and hostility
Antisocial personality traits
Borderline personality traits
Prior history of being physically abusive
Having few friends and being isolated from other people
Unemployment
Emotional dependence and insecurity
Belief in strict gender roles (e.g., male dominance and aggression in relationships)
Desire for power and control in relationships
Perpetrating psychological aggression
Being a victim of physical or psychological abuse (consistently one of the strongest predictors of perpetration)
History of experiencing poor parenting as a child
History of experiencing physical discipline as a child
Relationship Factors
Marital conflict-fights, tension, and other struggles
Marital instability-divorces or separations
Dominance and control of the relationship by one partner over the other
Economic stress
Unhealthy family relationships and interactions
Community Factors
Poverty and associated factors (e.g., overcrowding)
Low social capital-lack of institutions, relationships, and norms that shape a community's social interactions
Weak community sanctions against IPV (e.g., unwillingness of neighbors to intervene in situations where they witness violence)
Societal Factors
Traditional gender norms (e.g., women should stay at home, not enter workforce, and be submissive; men support the family and make the decisions)
Other studies of interest:
http://www.stanford.edu/~jhj1/papers/jones_ferguson2009.pdf
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209731.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100370/
Intimate Partner Violence doesn't just happen out of the blue, and it isn't caused by guns. A peaceful partner who happens to have a gun is not a danger to his partner.
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i think there has been too much attention given to the "scary strange man in the streets"
JI7
Jun 2013
#5
You only laugh because you yourself wouldn't be subject to the invasion of privacy
NutmegYankee
Jun 2013
#49
Most people who own cars never kill anyone with them either. But we still register them and
Squinch
Jun 2013
#76
I expect some reasonable legislation to be forthcoming over the next few years.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2013
#37
She is at far greater risk of being killed because of having a gun in the house
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#36
You have already decided to believe that, no matter what studies are posted.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2013
#75
Of course, the trick is not to hook up with violent men. My gun has saved me...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#83
It's very clear that a gun in the home makes a woman far more vulnerable to murder
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#85
I don't think the evidence is clear at all. Whether a gun is used or not, it is clear
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#86
You apply the lessons personally, but they should not take them that way?
Threedifferentones
Jun 2013
#121
just complete your bigotry circle already and get to the racial spreads of violence in America...
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#138