  Group Aims Gun Laws at Domestic Violence  Monday, December 29,
2003  Gun-safety laws--often ignored by law-enforcers and
elusive for potential victims--are the focus of a national
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Share  Glenda Meraz  (WOMENSENEWS)--In every way she knew how,
Glenda Meraz had implored the police and the courts to protect
her baby daughter from her husband's death threats.  She called
911. She spoke to police. She obtained a protective order.  As
Meraz sought a divorce--the most dangerous time for battered
women and children--she askedthe divorce court to block Gustavo
Gonzalez from seeing their daughter, Gessica Gonzalez, just 1
year old.  "I told them that he had weapons," the Los Angeles
native told Women's eNews. "There's a lot that someone should
have done from the beginning, but they don't do much."  Police
said they could not arrest Gonzalez until he had acted on his
threats (even though California and other states' laws prohibit
criminal threatening). The ju