The new director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said he favors a state measure that would help police disarm domestic abusers. A bill to do just that failed this past session.
Nationally, in 2017, police officers were shot more often when responding to domestic violence calls than any other kind of incident.
That’s why a group of Georgia law enforcement professionals supported a bill this past session to remove guns from domestic abusers. Federal law already prevents convicted abusers and those facing protective orders from possessing guns, but state law enforcement officers don’t enforce federal law.
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