Fellow Advocate,

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our next Deadly by Design storyteller, Lynnette grew up in a home marred by domestic violence that eventually turned fatal.

Lynnette’s father lorded over her family, imposing what he called “correction” when he lost control. As Lynnette says, “we learned later on that it was domestic violence.”

When her mother finally worked up the courage to leave, Lynnette’s father pulled out a gun, intending to take back his perceived control. He shot her in the leg. But when Lynnette’s father saw the bullet pierce his wife’s thigh, he lost all control, pointed the gun at himself, and ended his life.

An Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) could have temporarily removed Lynnette’s father’s guns and saved her mother from injury and her father’s life. Before Domestic Violence Awareness Month ends next Thursday, will you take two minutes to watch and share Lynnette’s devastating, and all-too-common story with your legislators, urging them to pass an ERPO law in PA?

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Like many domestic abusers, Lynnette’s father was a complicated man who loved his family but never learned a safe way to show it. He kept guns for protection, but as many of us know, guns in the home increase the likelihood of deadly violence, rather than diminishing it.[1]

If Pennsylvania had an ERPO law on the books, Lynnette’s family could have petitioned a judge to temporarily remove her father’s firearms. As Lynnette said, that would have been, “absolutely an act of love.”

Twenty-one states currently have ERPOs, and studies have shown that they have led to reduced rates of suicide and homicide, both of which are tied to domestic violence. They’re not a panacea, but they can ease the pain of survivors like Lynnette and save lives. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – will you watch and share Lynnette’s story with your legislators before it comes to an end?

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Standing with you,

Adam Garber
Executive Director
CeaseFirePA Education Fund

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