A 1992 study of family and intimate assaults reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that family and intimate assaults involving firearms are 12 times more likely to result in death than all non-firearm family and intimate assaults. A 1993 study in the New England Journal of Family Medicine revealed that homes experiencing domestic violence were close to five times more likely to be the scene of a homicide than other homes. It also reported that a handgun in the home is 43 times more likely to kill a family member or an acquaintance than an intruder. If you are being abused or battered, you are not alone. There is help available and people who will understand your situation.
Nobody deserves abuse.
You and your children have a right to safety. Many theories have been developed to explain why some men use violence against their partners. These issues may be associated with battering of women, but they are not the causes. Removing these associated factors will not end men s violence against women. The batterer begins and continues his behavior because violence is an effective method for gaining and keeping control over another person and he usually does not suffer adverse consequences as a result of his behavior.