IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 837 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relation-
ship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor 
the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner 
homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2025 
Mr. ESPAILLAT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the relationship between firearm violence and inti-
mate partner violence and to honor the memory of Glad-
ys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide 
killed by firearms, and for other purposes. 
Whereas domestic violence perpetrated with a firearm dis-
proportionately affects millions of American adults and 
children, with a particular impact on women; 
Whereas, according to recent data, nearly 92 percent of 
women killed by firearms in high-income countries in an 
average year are from the United States; 
Whereas firearms are used in nearly 66 percent of cases 
where women are killed by their intimate partners; 
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Whereas, every month, an average of 70 women are killed 
with a firearm by an intimate partner; 
Whereas an American woman is killed with a firearm by a 
current or former partner around every 12 hours; 
Whereas approximately 59 percent of mass shootings in re-
cent years were connected to instances of domestic or in-
timate partner violence; 
Whereas only 16 percent of victims in domestic violence-re-
lated mass shootings survive such incidents compared to 
37 percent of victims in mass shootings unrelated to do-
mestic violence; 
Whereas nearly 1 in 10 United States adults have experi-
enced nonfatal firearm abuse at the hands of an intimate 
partner, such as being threatened directly with a firearm 
or by a partner who possessed or had easy access to a 
firearm; 
Whereas, when an abusive partner has access to a firearm, 
a female victim of such abuse is 5 times more likely to 
be killed; 
Whereas 77 percent of firearm intimate partner homicide vic-
tims are female; 
Whereas the deadly intersection of firearms and intimate 
partner violence affects all women, but it has a dispropor-
tionate impact on Black women, American Indian/Alaska 
Native women, and Hispanic women in the United 
States; 
Whereas 1 in 3 Hispanic women in the United States experi-
ence intimate partner violence during their lifetime; 
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Whereas more than half of American Indian and Alaska Na-
tive women experience physical violence by an intimate 
partner in their lifetime; and 
Whereas, compared to non-Hispanic White women, Black 
women in the United States are 3 times more likely to 
be fatally shot by an intimate partner, and nearly 6 times 
more likely to be fatally shot between the ages of 18 and 
34: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) recognizes the relationship between 
firearm violence and intimate partner violence; 
(B) commends domestic violence victim ad-
vocates, domestic violence victim service pro-
viders, crisis hotline staff, and first responders 
serving victims of domestic violence for their 
compassionate support of survivors of domestic 
violence; and 
(C) pledges to fund comprehensive re-
search on the nexus of firearms and intimate 
partner violence, including the disproportionate 
impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Na-
tive, and Hispanic people; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the Congress should— 
(A) strengthen the National Instant Crimi-
nal Background Check System to keep firearms 
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out of the hands of those who are prohibited 
from possessing them; 
(B) restrict access to firearms by all people 
subject to domestic violence restraining orders; 
(C) continue to support programs designed 
to assist survivors of domestic violence, hold 
perpetrators of domestic violence accountable, 
and bring an end to domestic violence; 
(D) continue to support local relinquish-
ment processes to ensure compliance with Fed-
eral firearm prohibitions in domestic violence 
cases; and 
(E) immediately consider H.R. 4166, the 
Strengthening Protections for Domestic Vio-
lence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025, H.R. 
18, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 
2025, and all other relevant legislation that is 
targeted toward reducing the risk of firearm vi-
olence, reducing the risk of intimate partner vi-
olence, and recognizing and combating the 
deadly relationship between the two. 
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