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Hey girls, want to get skanky? Well, sashay down to your local abuse shelter and get buzzed! No, you don't have to be a real victim of domestic violence. All you need is a convincing story. Last year Hollie Cephas of Monticello, Ark. arrived on the doorstep of the Options shelter to recount her tale of woe: Her husband had beaten her to the point of having two miscarriages, he hid her insulin, and once he even called her a "fat pig." The intake worker at Options had been taught to "always believe the victim," so of course she was...

The domestic violence industry operates under the cloak of secrecy and anonymity, maintaining such policies are necessary to shield victims from their abusers. But every now and then a crack appears in the façade, revealing a sordid panorama of corruption, fraud, and abuse. On February 28, 2007 the Naples, Fla. citizenry opened their morning newspapers to the jolting headline, "CEO Out at Women's Shelter: Investigation into Battery Complaint Prompts Departure." Over the next several months, details would spill out of a woman's rights activist who had evolved into a self-serving "tyrant," as one of her colleagues later described her. The...

All Desiree Carpenter wanted was a chance to succeed. As a young woman Ms. Carpenter (not her real name) had been subjected to repeated physical and sexual assaults, losing her eyesight during one attack. Her assailant did hard time, but now he was back on the streets and vowing to track her down. Her only hope was to flee to another state, assume a new identity, and start over. Washington was the best place to begin anew, since the state had passed tough anti-stalking laws. So she packed her bags and hopped on the train with her two children in...

SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS (SAS) 900 RR 620S Suite C-101, PMB 228 Lakeway, TX 78734 Toll-free 877-271-6216 Email inquire@2asisters.org Website http://www.2asisters.org For Immediate Release February 10, 2003 SAS Enabling Abused Women to Call for Help “Donate a Phone” Campaign is a ‘first step’ Lakeway, TX-SAS is pleased to announce that it is taking part in a program that will help abused women in their quest for safety and survival. In conjunction with the Wireless Foundation and Motorola, SAS will be collecting old and unused cell phones for the “Donate a Phone Call to Protect” campaign. Why would SAS join a campaign...

A federal judge in Albany Tuesday refused to dismiss Equal Protection and Due Process claims in a lawsuit in which an Adirondack woman who was stabbed by her husband is accusing the town police of shortchanging victims of domestic violence. Clark v. Ticonderoga, 01-CV-1168, arose after Diane Clark's husband stabbed her with a hunting knife in front of her three children. Clark, whose husband committed suicide after the 1999 incident, had repeatedly expressed her fears to police and had an order of protection. Her suit alleges a pattern of discriminatory treatment of abused women, in violation of the Equal Protection...

A POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS OUT ON CONCEALED CARRY I have been a reader of your website and a subscriber to your newsletter for several months. I would like to relate a little of my life experience to you. I began shooting when I was 7 years old, of course with a FIRM foundation in firearm safety before ever being allowed to touch a weapon. I began shooting NRA 50' .22 rifle competitions when I was 9 years old. When I was 11 years old I found I was highly proficient at trap shooting, and began doing that competitively also. I...