To the Editor:

“Saving Women From Their Abusers” (editorial, July 1) rightly commends the Supreme Court for upholding a ruling barring convicted domestic abusers from owning firearms, whether they committed the underlying offense intentionally or recklessly.

When an abusive partner is permitted access to firearms, the risk that the other partner will be killed increases more than fivefold.

This year, Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, with the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearms Policy, released a blueprint for ways that jurisdictions throughout the United States can prevent domestic abusers from having firearms.

Among our report’s numerous recommendations: Congress should expand existing law to prohibit the purchase and possession of firearms by people subject to temporary domestic violence restraining orders, when the risk of violence is most immediate.