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title: "FAQ: Domestic Violence and Firearms"
date: 2022-10-17T03:00:00-04:00
author: OBOS Admin
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/faq-domestic-violence-and-firearms"
section: Resources
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# FAQ: Domestic Violence and Firearms

This fact sheet prepared by the Center for American Progress clearly outlines how guns can exacerbate harm in domestic violence situations and highlights legal gaps that allow perpetrators continued access to guns.

> Serious gaps in federal law allow loopholes for some domestic violence abusers to access firearms, intensifying harm in moments that are already dangerous for survivors.

[View the fact sheet ](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/frequently-asked-questions-domestic-violence-firearms/)

SOURCE: CAP • LAST UPDATED: April 26, 2021

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- [domestic violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/domestic-violence)
- [gun violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/gun-violence)
- [intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/intimate-partner-violence)

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## Kaitlin‘s Story of Domestic Sex Trafficking

This podcast explores one woman's personal experience of trafficking, as well as misconceptions of sex trafficking and sex work.

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This podcast explores one woman's personal experience of trafficking, as well as misconceptions of sex trafficking and sex work.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/kaitlins-story-of-domestic-sex-trafficking)

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## Domestic Violence Survivors: Why We Stayed

Why do people stay in abusive and violent relationships? Three survivors address the question in this compilation of clips from the documentary film "Private Violence."

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Why do people stay in abusive and violent relationships? Three survivors address the question in this compilation of clips from the documentary film "Private Violence."](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/domestic-violence-survivors-why-we-stayed)

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## LGBTQ Partner Abuse Survivors' Experience of Risk of Violence

A report on the experiences of LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence in Massachusetts.

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A report on the experiences of LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence in Massachusetts.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/lgbtqia-partner-abuse-survivors-experience-of-risk-of-violence)