Firearm Checklist: Law Enforcement

National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit | BWJP |

Tools, Guides & Forms

This checklist for law enforcement provides information on two classes of persons prohibited under the domestic violence related provisions of the federal Gun Control Act.

Firearm Checklist: Prosecutors

National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit | BWJP |

Tools, Guides & Forms

This guide for prosecutors provides key information on the federal Gun Control Act prohibiting those subject to a protection order or those convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from possessing a firearm or ammunition.

Henderson v. US

Sandra Tibbetts Murphy, J.D. | BWJP |

Legal and Policy Analysis

In Henderson, the Court held that a court-ordered transfer of a felon’s lawfully owned firearms from law enforcement custody to a third party is not barred by current federal firearm prohibitions.

Wisconsin: Protocols for Firearms Surrender

Danielle Long | Edited By Stephanie Avalon |

Promising Practices & Policies

This article examines practices in Wisconsin that help facilitate surrender of firearms from prohibited possessors.

Firearms Surrender in CPO Cases: The Wisconsin Project

Danielle Long | David W. Keck, J.D. | Amber Peterson | Rochelle Skorlinski | BWJP |

Webinar Recording

Wisconsin recently enacted legislation intended to ensure that respondents subject to protection orders comply with the firearm surrender requirements.