Letter: ‘Red flag’ laws can reduce domestic violence

Domestic violence imposes a large cost on society: Tax dollars pay for incarceration of offenders, evictions of individuals from rental units for lease violations, Child Protective Services for children, social services such as food pantries and subsidized childcare for victims, and medical treatment of wounds from physical altercations. The list goes on.As a social worker who provides treatment for victims of domestic violence, I have seen how access to weapons severely destroys the sense of sa