Originally posted by xuenchen
Yes Yes,

Humor accepted.

And I agree there is a problem with the VAWA.

But I thought there is already laws against All assaults on anybody ?

Assault is assault.

Most are misdemeanors, some are felonies.

In short the law creates standard/mandatory penalties for various levels of spousal abuse, repeat offenders etc. and allows abuse victims to appeal if the local prosecutor doesn't investigate or take action.

Otherwise...the law is meant to push back on local law enforcement who might have historical/cultural issues and would dismiss the violence as "between a man and wife", a "lovers spat" etc. and let it slide.

Congressional GOP stripped Senate language that included LGBT protection in favor of man and wife, plus the senate language provided that abuse victims would not be immediately questioned about thier citizenship and the GOP in congress stripped that as well. If a woman is here as an illegal citizen and getting beaten by her husband, she will get deported if she goes to the cops...kind of an ugly scenario, but common all the same.