We need stronger domestic laws and we need them enforced better. A friend of mine is living back with her mother now, because her husband choked her and she used a private part to make him let go. What sucks in this is that he had just threatened her a couple days before, and their children were in the house when he attacked her. She called the police for help and the only thing they did was say they should not fight in front of the kids. SERIOUSLY the man chokes his wife and the police do NOTHING. Sense when did a mirage license become a free pass to trying to kill your wife? The laws have changed and not for the better. I remember when I was in high school my dad was drinking grain alcohol, and it made him act like a lunatic. It worked me up so bad mom took me to the hospital for my anxiety. On the way back she stopped at the constables office and swore out a warrant for dad's arrest. The police when to the house and arrested dad before we got home. He spent the night in jail, but even that did not work out really great. They arraigned him the next day BEFORE my mom could get there, becaused they moved the time up without telling mom. Mom always thought dad sweet talked magistrate, because she was a woman, and dad was always sweet talking women. With a stat of: Six women are killed every hour by men around the world, most by men in their own family or their partners. I think there needs to be more done to save their lives , especially when the women in danger call the police for help WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. What makes this all the worse is when there are children involved. The laws really need to be changed. To figure out how many of these men doing this can be helped they should have to have a psyc evaluation if they try to hurt anyone especially a family member. And if there is nothing psychologically wrong with them they should have to go to trial for what they do, and if found guilty be made to spend any where from a week to 3 months in jail, if the injuries are not bad, and up to a year if they do anything that needs stitches or breaks a bone in the woman they attack. And if they are found guilty of killing someone in their own family life in prison without parole so they can not do it to another woman ever. My uncle used to beat my aunt. I have seen her badly bused from it. I was only 5 years old, and too young to do anything to help her :( , but I never forgot the sight their 3 oldest children running from the field to our house screaming DADDY'S GOING TO KILL MOMMY. My aunt was not far behind them and by the time she got to the house my dad was standing in the door trying to wake up he had been sleeping . My dad was leaning on the door frame trying to get his wits when my aunt ducked under his arm and ran into the house. My uncle stopped cold when he saw my dad ( his older brother). My mom sent my sisters up to the car at the end of the lane to get the other kids, they had 7 children at that time. When they got there they saw the baby was knocked out of the car face down into the mud. Back then NO ONE HAD CAR SEATS. My uncle left and his family stayed with us for 2 weeks, until my uncle made a big mistake. He told at a bar he did not have to worry about his wife and kids brother would take care of them. That was told to my dad. That night he told my aunt she was going to have my uncle arrested so her and the kids could go home or he was taking her to the county home and she could work for their keep, so she had him arrested and that changed his attitude for a while. I made up my mind from that event NO MAN WOULD EVER BEAT ME AND GET AWAY WITH IT. Here is a good question and I would love to hear any answers on it : HOW CAN SOMEONE GO FROM LOVING SOMEONE TO WANTING TO KILL THEM?
A foot note: The same laws should apply to woman who abuse their husbands or family members too. THIS IS MY OPINION.