In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse

CORRECTS SPELLING FROM ONLEY TO OLNEY -Nadine Thomas pauses as she talks about her daughter Nikiesha Thomas at her dining room table in Olney, Md., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, and the angel with purple flowers were given to her after Nikiesha was shot and killed by her ex-boy boyfriend just days after filing for a protective order last October. Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when the passage of a bipartisan gun safety bill in Congress included a proposal that would make it more difficult for intimate partners of convicted domestic abusers to obtain firearms. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse