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  Yup. Prior DV is one of the biggest links to mass shootings, and it tracks, because DV indicates poor coping skills and a lack of self moderation.
context: From the article: "...possessing guns found in his Kennedale, Texas, home after prosecutors said he participated in five shootings in Dec. 2020 and Jan. 2021.
  Rahimi had been under a restraining order since Feb. 2020, following his alleged assault of a former girlfriend."
  So first he got the restraining order (2/2020) that banned him from owning guns, then less than a year later he goes and commits 5 shootings (12/2020, 1/2021).  
  And the judge didn't see a problem here? >
  
  It's the 5th Circuit. They're the most unhinged judges the country has to offer. They're too crazy to ever make it to SCOTUS and are there as an inspiration to Republicans on just how pro corporation they can be, and a warning to the rest of us of what happens when Republicans see in charge. >
  
  Oh I think anyone is too crazy to make it to SCOTUS anymore... >
  
  The 5^th circuit has actually had cases denied by the current Supreme Court. The 5^th circuit is actually just that bad. >
  
  One of my besties had an abusive husband. When she left him he enconced himself in the garage with a gun and waited for her to come pick up her stuff. She was on to him and didn't. He killed himself. Thank God. >
  
  Sounds like he was going to murder-suicide. Glad your friend avoided the situation. >
  
  The most dangerous times in a woman's life are 1. When she's pregnant and 2. When she tries to leave an abusive partner. Ladies, if you're planning to leave do not tell him. Plan in secret and leave when he's not home. If you have to go back for something, have a police escort. >
  
  And seek help.  
  I aided and abetted an escape plan for a coworker once.  Drove her across state lines myself. >
  
  You saved your coworker's life. Abetted sounds like smuggling; you singlehandedly escorted a woman to safety. That is by far the noblest thing ever. >
  
  
  Abetted sounds like smuggling;
  
  If I’m honest, I didn’t ask a lot of questions, like “Did you drain the joint account in order to finance your escape?”  Or “Is that car registration in your name?”
  The car was a whole ordeal, he had told her that he “had a way” to track her car.  So that’s why I drove her out of state.  And my husband actually drove her car around for about a week, just to see if the husband came looking for it.  When he didn’t, we delivered the car to her.  
  So there may have been an element of abetting.  But it was the right thing to do and I’d do it again. >
  
  This is seriously good human shit right here >
  
  I know what you're trying to say, but it sounds like you just ate someone's poop and liked it >
  
  Well was it vanilla pudding or cuttlefish and asparagus? >
  
  Chipotle in, Chipotle out. >
  
  This sucks. My cousin had a restraining order against her ex.  He shot her over 32 times before the guy turned the gun on himself. >
  
  Just in general, it’s fucked the way restraining orders work… they basically put all of the onus of actually enforcing it on the person that requested it. We have GPS technology, why aren’t we doing stuff like constant monitoring with a GPS geofence, so if they start going in that direction it flags them, and if they cross the boundary the police are notified immediately. Why don’t we make stalkers be the ones that have to move to a different state? Why don’t we toss people into jail and throw away the key the moment they think about violating a restraining order? It’s fucking insane, I’m so sorry that you had to experience that… >
  
  Restraining Orders in general need to be completely reworked. I've seen too many times orders taken out for tit-for-tat and the judges still grant them. Then, they'll drop them, another few weeks in, here comes another one, then dropped again; the cycle continues. Then youll get people who actually need them and don't get them granted.  The system is broken and needs a major rehaul. >
  
  “A ten-city study found 1/5 of homicide victims with temporary protective orders were murdered within two days of obtaining the order; 1/3 were murdered within the first month.” - NCADV
  This will only increase 😔 I hate it here