Would closing the 'boyfriend loophole' in gun legislation save lives? Here's what the research says
- Written by April M. Zeoli, Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Preventing people with domestic violence records obtaining guns would be a life-saver.Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Congress appears close to passing a bipartisan gun safety bill that would represent the first federal gun safety legislation to be passed in a generation.
The proposed law is limited in scope, but among...