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Sativa Banks, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Centers for Violence Prevention, University of California, Davis

For Black women in abusive relationships, gun-control loopholes can engender deadly disparities

Femicide claims more than 1,800 lives in the United States every year. SimpleImages/Getty Images

In April 2026, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was shot and killed by her husband while their divorce was pending.

She had done what she was supposed to do. She had initiated the legal process to leave Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia. It didn’t save her.

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