:mad: My sister just recently had her first child, when our family got together to go visit and meet my brother-in-law we saw signs of abuse. He has very bad temper and sleeps in a different bedroom so the baby doesn't keep him up all night.My sister just informed me that he wants to know about every cent that is spent. She's only allowed to cook his meals and not what she would want.Not to mention my sister needed to buy clothes for the baby so she used some of their saving to buy the baby clothes and has not told him.Just last week my sister told him she wanted a divorce, his reaction was not a good one and he told her to leave but the baby was going to stay with him.Yesterday she told me he just bought a gun with no license. She doesn't know what's going to happen next.What is he going to do if she tells him about the money she spent and what would he do if she was to leave him?Can someone give me an advice does she need a lawyer since a baby is involved?Or does she look for a shelter where she might stay for a few years?By the way she lives in Tennessee and all of our family in Texas.

Have her call the police. Now.

Why would you wait when there is a newly purchased gun in the house that wasn't there prior to the divorce discussion?

Have your sister call the police about the abuse and the unlicensed gun purchase. The police will come, they will take him away, and your sister can go somewhere else where she can file a restraining or protective order to keep him away.

I don't think shelters are looking for long term residents. Typically, they are trying to give folks a place to sleep while they better their lives.

:mad: My sister just recently had her first child, when our family got together to go visit and meet my brother-in-law we saw signs of abuse. He has very bad temper and sleeps in a different bedroom so the baby doesn't keep him up all night.My sister just informed me that he wants to know about every cent that is spent. She's only allowed to cook his meals and not what she would want.Not to mention my sister needed to buy clothes for the baby so she used some of their saving to buy the baby clothes and has not told him.Just last week my sister told him she wanted a divorce, his reaction was not a good one and he told her to leave but the baby was going to stay with him.Yesterday she told me he just bought a gun with no license. She doesn't know what's going to happen next.What is he going to do if she tells him about the money she spent and what would he do if she was to leave him?Can someone give me an advice does she need a lawyer since a baby is involved?Or does she look for a shelter where she might stay for a few years?By the way she lives in Tennessee and all of our family in Texas.
I agree with cyjeff, you or your sister need to call the police now, and be sure to tell them about the gun.

I was told by the state police in tennessee and also the local county sheriifs office where I use to live that guns in TN do not need to be registered nor does the purchaser have to have a license.... They only do a background check and if nothing comes up they do not even need to wait 7 days!!! You only need a license to carry a concealed handgun.
I do not think that the police will help/ or care about the gun.
Your sister could get an order of protection and turn the gun in to the police once the order of protection is approved by the judge. He will not be able to have a gun in his possession for the year that the order of protection is in effect. Once the order of protection runs out and even if there are domestic violence convictions the state police in tennessee will not enforce the No gun rule.
Your sister will not be able to leave Tennessee or move more than 100 miles away from her husband without giving him legal notice or/and getting permission from the court. (That is if she wants to take her child with her.)
She can contact a domestic violence shelter in her area for help. But they will not let her stay for years.