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prima:The number of women applying for firearm licenses is on the rise, and protection orders trigger more seizures of firearms from potential abusers

Organizations assisting gender-based violence victims still debate this issue

December 29, 2023 - 7:08 PM

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Since 2020, victims of gender-based violence with protection orders have a more streamlined process for acquiring 90-day firearm carry licenses. (Tony Zayas PONCE)

Threats from abusers, challenges in the system, and the increase in intimate femicides this year have resulted, according to experts, in more survivors of gender-based violence applying for weapons licenses for protection, which has sparked a debate among the organizations that assist victims.

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