Dingell, Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Create Alert System to Notify Survivors of Illegal Gun Purchase Attempts by Domestic Abusers
U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Domestic Violence Survivors Alerted for Emergency (SAFE) Notice Act, new legislation to establish notification systems that would alert survivors of domestic violence offenses when their abuser attempts to purchase a firearm illegally. Loopholes in federal and state law can allow…