Thread by @RepGwenMoore

When I was in my early 20s, my boyfriend put a gun to my head and threatened to shoot and kill me. He had been violent before, but this was the first time a firearm was involved.

I told him to shoot it or eat it. 🧵(1/6)

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There were no support groups, no hotlines to call. This was before the Violence Against Women Act. I escaped with the help of two co-workers, but nobody should have to rely on luck.

We have made great strides in addressing domestic violence since I was in my twenties. (2/6)

Soon, the Supreme Court will hear a case called U.S. v. Rahimi, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

SCOTUS will decide if a federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by people subject to domestic violence protection orders is Constitutional. (3/6)

I am incredibly concerned about the potential of limiting the regulation of firearms to only those who have already been criminally charged with abuse, allowing an abuser who has a protection order or restraining order against to legally keep their guns. (4/6)

Nearly half of all women killed in the United States are killed by current or former intimate partners, and nearly half of those murders are committed with a firearm.

The connection between the presence of firearms and mortality cannot be ignored. (5/6)

The last thing America needs is to further prevent law enforcement from being able to intervene in dangerous situations to remove weapons.

We cannot continue to fall on the altar of the Second Amendment. (6/6)