In this episode we speak with Dave Keck, the former Director of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, and Jennifer Gollan, a print journalist experienced in reporting on the connection between firearms and gender-based violence, who has worked on a year-long series about the connection between domestic violence and illegal guns. Dave and Jennifer discuss a crisis: across the U.S. laws prohibit abusers from possessing guns, but these laws aren't enforced. That firearms surrender works on the honor system. This is The Open Secret.
The National Resource Center works with communities on implementing firearms surrender and trains professionals nationwide on issues surrounding firearms and domestic violence. Its website, "Safer Families. Safer Communities." is linked here.
Jennifer Gollan's latest article on firearms and domestic violence, "Revealed: U.S. police consistently miss red flags - and domestic abuse turns deadly," published in The Guardian, is linked here. Her twitter is @jennifergollan.
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