The Link Between Domestic Abuse and Mass Shootings

  • 6 were killed and 12 injured in a recent mass shooting in Sacramento [1]. Three shooters were subsequently identified, and found to have domestic violence backgrounds [2A].
  • Last year, a man who murdered 9 coworkers at a railyard had earlier been accused of sexual assault and abusive behavior toward a girlfriend [2B].
  • The man who murdered 49 patrons of the Pulse nightclub in 2016 had beaten and strangled his former wife [2C].

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We write openly about our childhood abuse (incest), not only because we need to express but because we want to shine some light on this difficult healing path.

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Jodie Tedder

We write openly about our childhood abuse (incest), not only because we need to express but because we want to shine some light on this difficult healing path.