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Organizations supporting domestic violence victims adjust to cuts in federal Crime Victims Fund

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LANSING, Mich.– The Crime Victims Fund is a federal fund that goes towards organizations that support victims of crime. These organizations include domestic violence shelters, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, and many others. This upcoming fiscal year, the federal fund is being slashed by $600 million. The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office reported more than 2,000 domestic violence charges in 2020, 2021 and 2022. In the United States, 12 million individuals each year experience intimate partner physical abuse, dating stalking or rape.

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Michigan’s ‘red flag laws’ extend protections from firearms in light of SCOTUS decision

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On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in United States v. Rahimi, upholding a federal law barring individuals under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. In Michigan, those under a domestic violence restraining order are unable to purchase firearms but are not always required to hand over the ones they already own. With the Supreme Court ruling, legal support for firearm removal from domestic violence perpetrators has gained precedent, which will allow little room for objections to Michigan’s new “red flag laws.”