Fighting domestic violence with a stun gun

One of the most prominent but most regrettable reasons why women should seek self-defense training and products is to provide protection in situations of domestic violence. The Domestic Violence Prevention Fund lists these statistics on domestic violence and related issues on its website endabuse.org.

o On average, more than three women are killed every day in this country by their husbands or boyfriends. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by intimate partners. In the same year, 440 men were killed by intimate partners.
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  o Women are more likely to be killed by intimate partners than men. In 2000, intimate partner murders accounted for 33.5% of female murderers and less than 4% of male murderers.
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  o Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicides than deaths for any other reason, and there is evidence that a significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
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  o Studies have shown that deaths related to injuries, including homicide and suicide, account for about one-third of all maternal deaths, while medical reasons account for the rest. However, homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women, followed by cancer, acute and chronic respiratory diseases, motor vehicle collisions and drug overdose, perinatal and postpartum cardiomyopathy, and suicide.

Isn't it time to provide women with the necessary tools to protect them without causing serious harm to the perpetrators? Women rarely want death or serious long-lasting injuries, which is the result of her self-defense against her husband or boyfriend in domestic violence disputes. This is why education is the key. Before the situation escalates until her choice is weakened or deprived of her choice, the woman needs to know that she can get non-lethal self-defense products at a very low cost.

Let women understand and educate them to use the appropriate stun guns, the correct way to carry and use
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  Pepper sprays, etc. can produce a happier, healthier country and greatly reduce these domestic violence-related health problems associated with our health care system and society as a whole [statistics are provided by endabuse.org]:

o Health-related costs such as rape, physical assault, tracking and killing by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion annually. Of this, nearly $4.1 billion is for direct medical and mental health services, and nearly $1.8 billion is for indirect costs of productivity or wage losses.
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  o About half of female victims of intimate violence reported some type of injury, and about 20% of them sought medical assistance.
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  o 37% of women who received violence-related treatment in the emergency room in 1994 were injured by current or former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends.

Is it time for us to end the cycle of domestic violence?

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