WASHINGTON, La. (The Baton Rouge Advocate)- The National Rifle Administration (NRA) soon came out in opposition of the renewal as amended, urging lawmakers to vote against it on the grounds that it would lower the standard required to prohibit a person from owning a gun.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Reps. Garret Graves, Clay Higgins, Mike Johnson and Ralph Abraham — all Republicans — voted against reauthorizing VAWA. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana’s sole Democratic representative, voted for it. 

According to The Violence Policy Center, which advocates for gun control, Louisiana had the second highest rate of women killed by men of all states in 2016.

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