Domestic Violence, wherever it happens, everyone is a victim. The most common and best known form of Domestic Violence is intimate partner violence, but that is glossy version, not the deep, dark and dangerous negative from which the term was fashionably coined.

Domestic Violence: Clearly Defined –  (Copied from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse, battering, or family violence) is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. It may be termed intimate partner violence when committed by a spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner, and can take place in heterosexual or same-sex relationships, or between former spouses or partners. Domestic violence may also involve violence against children or the elderly. It takes a number of forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, and sexual abuse, which can range from subtle, coercive forms to marital rape and to violent physical abuse such as choking, beating, female genital mutilation and acid throwing that results in disfigurement or death. Domestic murders include stoning, bride burning, honor killings, and dowry deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence
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Here’s the Real Problem Behind the Mass Shooting at a Texas Football Party

Phillip Francis: September 14, 2017

People across the country were shocked when eight innocent people were shot dead in the small town of Plano, Texas. The victims were enjoying a Sunday football game with each other when a fight broke out, and almost everyone in the room ended up losing their life at the hand of a crazed gunman. Every mass shooting that happens in this country gets a good dose of the gun control argument tossed around. However, this situation points out a problem in our country that no one is currently talking about.

This latest incident in Texas isn’t an isolated instance of domestic violence in the slightest. In fact, it’s an all too common symptom of a larger problem, proved by these statistics:
•3 women a day are murdered by a current or former spouse.
•Almost 40 million women in America have experienced domestic violence.
•Approximately 5 million women experience IPV a year.
•In 2011, 1,509 women were murdered by men. Of those women, 926 were killed by their partner, 264 were having an argument at the time.
•1 in 7 men will be the victim of IPV in their lifetime.
•A woman is beaten in the United States every 9 seconds.
•Women who are victims of domestic violence are 8 times more likely to be killed by their partner if there is a gun in the house.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/…/heres-the-real-problem-behin…/…

Sources used and more information available from American Psychology Association, Domestic Violence Statistics, World Health Organization, & Centers for Disease Control.