Anjum Coffland is speaking up about a tragedy that drastically changed her life over five years after her husband shot and killed their twin teenage girls, shot her in the leg, and then took his own life. The Pakistani American living in Chicago, Illinois, still dealing with the murders, spoke to People in advance of National Gun Violence Survivors Week, which runs from February 1–7.
Anjum Coffland, formerly Khan, has “voted her life to keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers,” according to the magazine. According to what she said in an interview with the magazine, she wants “people to understand the gun regulations are not meant to take the guns away from individuals who need the firearms to protect themselves.” They’re there to prevent people like Randall from getting their hands on guns. Coffland’s LinkedIn page states that she works as a claim adjuster for Metlife.
Coffland initially joined Moms Demand Action in 2018 “while grappling with the huge void left behind by her daughters’ terrible killings,” the People story states. The story noted that she joined Everytown for Gun Safety’s Survivor Network and began “speaking to other members publicly about her terrible ordeal.” She wants to “strengthen gun restrictions by increasing waiting periods to buy a firearm, especially if the purchaser has mental health difficulties or is in a troubled relationship.”
The National Gun Violence Survivors Week, which Everytown for Gun Safety says will begin in February 2019, is dedicated to “highlighting the resilience of America’s gun violence survivors who, despite having endured incredible trauma, are leading work on the ground to support other survivors and advocating for common-sense measures that save lives.” It pays tribute to “the 58% of Americans who have reported having personally experienced gun violence — or having someone close to them personally experience gun violence.”
Randy Coffland pointed the gun at Anjum’s knees after shooting the daughters in the head, instantly killing them.
Brittany and Tiffany, the mother’s identical twin daughters, “had their career futures completely laid out” at 16, the delighted mother told People. As a cheerleader and gymnast, Brittany wanted to work in hospitality, which was “a logical choice for her extroverted, sociable daughter,” who “made friends easily and liked life,” according to the woman. Her mother recounted to People that Tiffany, her twin sister, was “a conscientious student who aced her AP studies, obtained a job at a local pet store to get experience for a career dealing with animals.”
— Anjum Coffland (@anjum_coffland) March 10, 2020
Anjum Coffland and her spouse were still married, but they lived separate lives and were officially divorced. Anjum Coffland resided in her apartment in a distant area of St. Charles, while Randall Coffland and his daughters stayed at a posh condo. The posh condo complex in the Chicago suburb was the setting for the double homicide-suicide. According to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Anjum Coffland revealed to People that her split from her former husband had angered him. The gun Coffland claimed her husband used to kill the daughters and himself was the first one he ever acquired and was purchased a month before the shooting. “I didn’t know he got a pistol,” I said.
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