![]() Even after I asked him not to contact me and my loved ones, he reached out to my family and friends and asked them to persuade me to speak with him. As I detailed in my petition for an order of protection, for the better part of the past year, he has sent alarming and frequent messages to me, my family and friends through a number of platforms. My former partner refused to accept the end of our relationship. It is exhausting to live in fear of someone who knows your habits showing up at your door. I was trained in how to properly handle and store them and forbidden to even point a toy weapon at anyone. He buys and sells guns as part of his work. ![]() I enjoyed going on early-morning hunting trips for deer, squirrel and turkey as a child and was taught to respect the dangerous nature of guns my stepfather works for a large outdoor sporting goods company. I grew up in the Ozarks, where many shooting ranges are run by state agencies and open to the public. Bruen, I am one step closer to carrying one. And now, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. If my life is ever in danger, I want to be able to protect myself with a gun. But states like mine make it legally cumbersome to defend yourself with a legally purchased handgun. Every month, 70 women on average are shot and killed by an intimate partner. More than five million American women alive today have reported being threatened with a gun, shot or shot at by an intimate partner, and more than half of the perpetrators of mass shootings in the past decade shot a family member, intimate partner or former intimate partner as part of their rampage. In May, I filed for and received a temporary order of protection against a former partner. But in recent months, I have been terrified. I lived in New York for a decade without fearing for my personal safety.
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