This case comes just a year after the Supreme Court threatened to turn America's gun safety laws on its head in its NYSRPA v. Rahimi in an amicus brief filed by March For Our Lives, which began oral arguments on Nov. Kate's story is one of many before the U.S. This is what's at stake when domestic abusers have access to guns: our safety and our lives. The toddler sheltered near the kitchen table, begging, "Don't do it, daddy! Don't shoot mommy." Miraculously, Kate, her father, and her son survived that day. ![]() Tom shot through the door, striking Kate, before gaining entry and shooting her and her father again point-blank. Kate and her father barricaded the door to her house and shielded her then-4-year-old, but that didn't stop the bullets. He ambushed her with a gun and threatened her life. The following year, after the temporary restraining order expired, he hunted her down to seek revenge. Yet, it allowed him to legally purchase more-replacing one deadly weapon with the exact same one. The court ultimately granted the order, taking away Tom's firearms. ![]() They made it out alive, but Kate knew she had to file a temporary restraining order to protect her and her son's lives. Tom's threats and abuse escalated until one day, he loaded his gun, took their toddler son hostage, and threatened to hurt Kate. Four years after Kate Ranta's wedding day, her marriage to her husband, Tom, turned violent.
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