Everytown for Gun Safety

OK-MIA-IN HER SHOES SIMULATION-September meeting

Our September meeting will focus on Domestic Violence Awareness. Every year, an average of 16 women are fatally shot by an intimate partner in Oklahoma. 60% of female intimate partner homicide victims are killed with a gun. In 2023, 30 victims were killed in murder-suicides and 50 were killed in intimate partner homicides, which is the highest ever recorded. Notably, women comprised 82 percent of intimate partner homicide victims. This continues a trend for Oklahoma consistently ranking in the Top 10 states nationally of women being murdered by men in single-victim-single-offender incidents. This simulation was created to allow individuals to step into a survivor's shoes and navigate the system as they experience domestic violence. From working with an advocate, to navigating the court system, to making life or death choices, participants walk away with a new perspective of what survivors go through to get out of an abusive situation.