Resources

4/26/17 – Firearms in Domestic Violence Cases: Collaborative Strategies (60 minutes)

5/22/17 – Working in Tribal Communities to Remove Firearms in Domestic Violence Cases (60 minutes)

10/25/17 – Overcoming the “Buts”:  Improving Your Community’s Response to Firearm (90 minutes)

2/20/20 – Moving Beyond the “Honor System” (90 minutes)

4/29/20 – Jay Otto’s “Four Lessons to Facilitate Transforming the Culture of Courts and Communities” (90 minutes)

5/29/20 – “Overcoming Obstacles to Implementing Firearms Restrictions in Domestic Violence Cases” 90-minute panel discussion (LaFourche Parish, King County/Sandra Shanahan, Dallas/Rob Canas)

5/13/2021 –  Disarming the Batterer: Intimate Partner Violence and Firearms (60-minute webinar)

7/15/21 – FTAP call re: Service of Process, for and with FTAP site team members (60 minute)

9/15/21 – Compliance Monitoring in Civil Order of Protection Cases (90 minutes) focused in Nashville, TN

9/22/21 – Moving Beyond the Honor System in Tennessee: Effective Strategies to Prevent Prohibited Abusers’ Access to Firearms (90-minutes)

9/23/21 – Break from the Bench Series – Topic: What Judges Should Know About Firearms and DV (60 minutes)

3/2/22 – Developing a Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence: Three Models of Law Enforcement and Advocate Collaboration in the Wake of an Incident (90 minutes)

9/28/22 – Upstream Violence Prevention: The Role of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Mitigating Gun Violence (90 minutes)

10/24/22 – Domestic Violence, Firearm Surrender, and Court Monitored Compliance (90 minutes)

Disarming the Batterer: United States v. Castleman.

Domestic Violence and Firearms: A Deadly Combination, March 2011 (article)

Federal Firearms Prohibition Extends to Persons Convicted of Reckless Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence: Voisine v. United States.

Firearms and Civil Protection Orders: Answers to Judges’ Frequently Asked Questions

Firearm Removal/Retrieval in Cases of Domestic Violence

Guidance for PO, ERPO, and court-ordered firearm restrictions NICS 2020, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division

ICJR New Grantee Orientation Regarding Firearms and DV, co-presented on Jan. 30, 2019, by the National Resource Center on Firearms and Domestic Violence and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (slides only, not recorded)

Information Gathering Guide: Firearms in Civil Protection Order Cases

Spotlight on Promising Practices Around Civil Protection Orders: DeKalb County Compliance Review Docket

Strategies to Improve the Response to Firearms in Civil Protection Order (CPO) Cases: A Checklist for Judges

Suggested Components of Law Enforcement Protocols Addressing Firearms in DV Cases

Many of these resources are specific to civil system responses, but could be adapted for use in the criminal system.

Summary of Advocate Tools Involving Firearms

Compendium of Petition and Affidavit Language

Compendium of Respondent Information and Instruction Sheets

Compendium of Third Party Transfer Forms

Compendium of Surrender Language

Compendium of Information for Victims

Compendium of Petitions for Return

Some jurisdictions have developed an array of forms for use in domestic violence cases involving firearms.  Below are four jurisdictions with their sets of forms that you may want to consider developing for your own community’s response.

Miami-Dade County

Bexar County

State of Wisconsin

State of Washington