Firearms and post-separation abuse: Providing context behind the data on firearms and intimate partner violence.

Aim: The aim of this study is to provide insight from maternal survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) describing their experiences with their ex-partners' firearm ownership, access, storage and behaviours in the context of co-parenting and separation.

Design: We conducted a qualitative descriptive study informed by the IPV and Coparenting Model.

Methods: The analytic sample consists of self-identified maternal survivors (n = 14) who completed semi-structured qualitative interviews between January and May 2023 describing experiences of post-separation abuse.