It should do if a person's wife is suffering domestic violence. A man who is violent to his wife, or causes his household to live in fear, is not a fit person to hold a firearm IMHO. Going further, I would not keep firearms in my house if there was any member of my household with worrying characteristics because I would not feel safe - I could break into any gun safe, so assume someone with a problem could do the same. Some of my security arrangements are there to protect my family in the event of someone breaking into my house, by preventing all parties getting access to arms.
I said to an FEO a year or so ago, "you do all sorts of checks, except the obvious ones such as 'is there anyone living in the house who is violent, or has a mental illness?'. The people living with someone are probably the people who can tell most whether someone is a danger yet you never speak to them." His answer was, "We do check everyone in the household", apparently without speaking to them so not sure how that works, but he assured me checks are made, of who is there and whether they have any history.
Just asking each person in a household, "what do you think about Mr X, your husband / Dad / son / daughter, having a rifles stored in the house?" is a fair question in my view. My household is full of peace and joy, and that should come across, as I assume yours is too, but if that atmosphere is not present anywhere it too would be apparent so more questions should follow. Just imagine the suffering that could have been saved if a policeman had acted on concerns from a man's father and mother in a recent case here, and in others in the USA.
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