Gun Policy News
Court, Police Should Have Seized Guns from Abusive Spouse, Wife Killer
14 September 2009
Baltimore Sun, Editorial
Sheena Blandford might still be alive if the judge who issued a final protective order against her abusive husband had also confiscated the gun he used to murder her. Ms. Blandford clearly feared for her life when she applied for a protective order in August after her estranged husband, Theodore Blandford, threatened to kill her.
But on her petition for court protection she failed to check a box requesting a judge to confiscate her husband's firearms — even though... (GunPolicy.org)