Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Think tank: Nevada has eighth-highest rate of women killed with guns

Nevada has the eighth-highest rate of women killed with guns, according to an analysis released Thursday by the liberal think tank Center for American Progress.

The short study, compiled by CAP with ProgressNow Nevada, analyzes data from the FBI and the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. The group found that women in Nevada face a higher risk of gun violence than men in the state — women were shot dead at a rate that is 38 percent higher than the national average, while the same statistic for men was 3 percent lower than the national average.

From 2003 to 2012, 40 percent of women murdered in Nevada were killed by an intimate partner, and of those, 50 percent were killed with guns, according to the group.

The study also concluded that 48 percent of women living in Nevada experience rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime.

The group criticized Nevada's lax gun laws and called for legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales and barring people convicted of domestic violence from owning firearms.

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