The NRA – which no longer represents the rank and file membership, loves nothing more than violence and more violence. To them, our individual and national heartache is the sweet sound of money in the bank.That love of money is the reason the NRA is challenging a proposed law which would prevent individuals convicted of stalking from purchasing firearms and expand the definition of ‘domestic partner.’ Remember, the key word is ‘convicted.’ The National Rifle Association is prevailing upon senators to oppose the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013, which Minnesota Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar wrote to expand the definition of “intimate partner” to include “dating partners” and prohibit firearm sales to individuals who have been convicted of stalking.
The statistics are sobering. Domestic abusers with access to guns are over seven times more likely to kill their partners than those without. A study of female murder victims in 10 cities found that three quarters of the women killed, and 85% who survived a murder attempt by a current or former intimate partner had been stalked in the previous year.”
Again…We are talking about people who have been convicted of domestic abuse and stalking. If their victim was fortunate enough to live through the attack, should that victim really have to worry that he – or she will bring a gun to finish the job?