On February 2, 2023, when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced its decision to strike down the federal law banning domestic abusers under protective orders from possessing guns, Lieutenant Valerie Martinez-Jordan, of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana, was inundated with phone calls and emails. More than 25 survivors reached out, voicing their fears that their abusers might regain access to their firearms.