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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could there be processes that get guns temporarily confiscated during family law proceedings if there has been red flag behaviors like alcoholism and fights?  Just getting rid of the easy access might help in situations like this. [/quote]

Virginia has red flag laws. But someone has to feel [i]comfortable[/i] making the report without fear of retaliation. The person responsible for half your kids' tuition and the mortgage - you comfortable reporting on them?[/quote]

She was a dentist, FFS. Of course she could afford to walk away, rent a small apartment, either cover kids' tuition by herself or put them into public school for a period of divorce. This is really bothers me - according to the article, she knew he purchased the gun in 2022. She knew for at least several months he was heavy drinker. She knew that he does not value human lives. Why was she staying in the same house with him? [/quote]

She can't force him to leave their jointly owned house. She eventually had to get a court order to force him to leave the house, and he literally murdered her days later.

My guess why she didn't leave -- he has no money. He makes little and spends everything. He would have let the house go into foreclosure and would have been homeless. It's an incredibly uncomfortable and difficult situation.

And while she likely makes good money as a dentist, it sure sounds like he put their family in dire straits financially. She entered into a post-nuptial agreement whereby they separated finances so that she could protect herself, and he didn't hold up any of his end of the bargain, which is why she initiated divorce and separation. I'd guess they drained everything on legal fees and he accumulated massive debts in both of their names.

Try to be less of an a**hole.[/quote]

People leave their spouses every single day. She could have moved out with an emergency custody order. I know people who got their spouse booted from the house and supervised visitation based on much, much less. I’m not saying this to criticize her but to correct the impression that people are stuck in the marital house with their abuser. [/quote]

He was planning to kill her since 2022. She was getting shot one way or another. Unless she truly skipped town to a hiding place he couldn’t find or afford to get to.[/quote]

Then that is what she needed to do. I’m not saying that this would have protected her but I am absolutely appalled at people suggesting women have no recourse. [/quote]

Agreed. That’s exactly what she needed to do. I was just saying, staying nearby and otherwise keeping her same routine wasn’t going to help. He would’ve showed up somewhere else she frequented. He bought that gun during the divorce to get her.[/quote]

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