King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)

King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)

King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)

King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)King County Federation of Democratic Women (and Allies)
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Gun Violence

Gun violence hurts women

Guns and Violence Against Women - Key Challenges and Solutions by author Marissa Edmund

More than 11,000 women in the United States were killed with a gun between 2015 and 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While men suffer even higher rates of gun violence, women are often targeted for violence because of their sex and are frequently victims of people they know well. Every month, an average of 57 women are killed with a firearm by an intimate partner.

The impact of gun violence against women goes beyond fatal encounters. A 2016 study found that nearly 1 million women alive at that time had been shot by an intimate partner, and 4.5 million women had been threatened with a firearm. Firearms have long been used as a tool of power and control to instill fear and inflict abuse on women—with women of color, people in the LGBTQ community, and women with disabilities being disproportionately affected.

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