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bigtree

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4. Over half of the women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or former intimate partner.

Reply to bigtree (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:19 PM

Sep 18

Over half of the women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or former intimate partner.

FBI:

Over half of the women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or former intimate partner. The presence of firearms significantly escalates the danger in relationships where there is domestic violence by increasing the risk of homicide by 500%.

2025 National Resource Center for Domestic Violence and Firearms
https://nrcdvf.org/

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Man suspected of killing three police officers in Pa. was stalking ex-girlfriend the evening before [View all] bigtree Sep 18 OP

Wrong link malaise Sep 18 #1

another good one bigtree Sep 18 #2

Over half of the women murdered in the United States are killed by a current or former intimate partner. bigtree Sep 18 #4

And I have no doubt that he was going to kill her and her mother malaise Sep 18 #6

exactly bigtree Sep 18 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Sep 18 #3

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 18 #5

Where did you get that photo? That's not the killer, that's an innocent man. sl8 Sep 19 #8