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The federal government should support research and polling on gun violence in the U.S. in order to provide a scientific basis and public opinion support for establishing the balance of gun rights and public safety in gun regulation. Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States.
Overview. In this lesson, students read a short text that provides statistical background on gun ownership, gun violence, and public opinion on gun control laws in the United States; then they evaluate frequently-cited arguments on the issue of gun control policy.
Apr 12, 2013 · Individual chapters will cover the history of gun control in the United States, the spectrum of opinions on firearms regulation, the meaning of the Second Amendment, arguments in favor of and those against tighter gun control, and various types of legislation being considered.
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- An Interdisciplinary Examination
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- Letter From The Editor
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- Physicians on the Frontlines:
- States’ Rights, Gun Violence Litigation, and Tort Immunity
- Abbe R. Gluck, Alexander Nabavi-Noori, and Susan Wang
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- Gabriel A. Delaney and Jacob D. Charles
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- Understanding the Role of Law in Reducing Firearm Injury through Clinical Interventions
GUEST EDITED BY Ian Ayres, Abbe R. Gluck, and Tracey L. Meares Hannah Abelow, Ian Ayres, Brian Barnett, Joseph Blocher, Catherine Camp, Jacob D. Charles, Edouard Coupet, Jr., Cassandra Crifasi, Gail D’Onofrio, Gabriel A. Delaney, Allison Durkin, Catherine Feuille, Abbe R. Gluck, Amber Goodwin, TJ Grayson, Camila Gripp, David Hemenway, Hilary J. Hig...
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Founding Editor George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is owned and published by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc. The views and opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the publisher or the Journal’s editorial staf.
The last issue of the year is always a time for reflection, but this year we reflect on a profoundly diferent kind of year. COVID-19 changed so much of how we lived our daily lives, and this might be our new normal for quite some time. And sadly, even with a pandemic, we continued to grapple with startling numbers of another serious issue in our co...
Anita Allen-Castellitto, J.D., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School • R. Alta Charo, J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School • Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine • Bernard M. Dickens, Ph.D., LL.D., LL.M. University of Toronto Faculty of Law • Barry Furrow, J.D. Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law...
Courts reviewing gun laws that burden Second Amendment rights ask how efectively the laws serve public safety — yet typically discuss public safety nar-rowly, without considering the many dimensions of that interest gun laws serve. “Public safety” is a social good: it includes the public’s interest in physical safety as a good in itself, and as a...
This article argues that state government actors concerned about gun violence prevention should prioritize enact-ment of robust firearm purchaser regimes at the state level. First, the article outlines the empirical evidence base for purchaser licensing. Then, the article describes how state governments can design this policy. Next, the article ass...
This article compares the landscape of tobacco regulations to the landscape of gun regulations, with a focus on regulations that target youth. This article argues that guns are significantly less regulated compared to tobacco, despite the frequency with which each product causes significant harm to both self and other. Many of the specific ways tob...
The firearms data infrastructure in the United States is severely limited in scope and fragmented in nature. Improved data systems are needed in order to address gun violence and promote productive conversation about gun policy. In the absence of federal leadership in firearms data systems improvement, motivated states may take proactive steps to s...
This qualitative study identifies police interactions with gun violence co-victims as a crucial, overlooked component of police unresponsiveness, particularly in minority communities where perceptions of police illegitimacy and legal estrange-ment are relatively high. Gun violence co-victims in three cities participated in online surveys, in which ...
Understanding the Lived Experience of Physicians Working in Communities That Experienced a Mass Casualty Shooting Kathleen M. O’Neill, Blake N. Shultz, Carolyn T. Lye, Megan L. Ranney, Gail D’Onofrio, and Edouard Coupet, Jr. This qualitative study describes the lived experience of physi-cians who work in communities that have experienced a pub-lic ...
Hilary J. Higgins, Jonathan E. Lowy, and Andrew J. Rising The devastating toll of gun violence has given rise to hun-dreds of lawsuits seeking justice on behalf of victims and their families. A significant number of challenges against gun companies, however, are blocked by courts’ broad reading of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCA...
Litigation cannot solve a public health crisis. But litiga-tion can be an efective complementary tool to regula-tion by increasing the salience of a public health issue, elicit-ing closely guarded information to move public opinion, and prompting legislative action. From tobacco to opioids, litigants have successfully turned to courts ...
This article describes why a constitutional test that relies exclusively on history and tradition for deciding modern firearm regulations is woefully inadequate when applied to modern technologies. It explains the unique advancements in firearm technology — specifically, ghost guns — that challenge the viability of a purely historical test, even if...
This article assesses the origins and spread of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement in which localities pass ordinances or resolutions that declare their jurisdiction’s view that proposed or enacted state (or federal) gun safety laws are unconstitutional and therefore, local oficials will not imple-ment or enforce them. While it is important to...
In response to the continued expansion of “red flag” laws allowing broader classes of people to petition a court for the removal of firearms from individuals who exhibit danger-ous conduct, this paper argues that state laws should adopt a double-filter provision that balances individual rights and gov-ernment public safety interests. The main compo...
This article provides an overview of current knowledge about the relationship between mental illness, violence, homicides, and suicides, with a view towards crafting sensible public policy options for reducing gun violence towards self or oth-ers. With this knowledge as a backdrop, the limitations of the federal National Instant Background Check Sy...
Blake N. Shultz, Carolyn T. Lye, Gail D’Onofrio, Abbe R. Gluck, Jonathan Miller, Katherine L. Kraschel, and Megan L. Ranney Firearm injury in the United States is a public health crisis in which physicians are uniquely situated to intervene. However, their ability to mitigate harm is limited by a complex array of laws and regulations that shape t...
The purpose of this paper is to establish the need for gun reform by determining the relationship between guns and fatalities and covers how the US and foreign countries approach gun control.
Mar 8, 2024 · A comprehensive analysis of key legislations, such as the Second Amendment, the National Firearms Act, and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, forms the cornerstone of understanding the...
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This accessible book breaks the gun control debate into digestible topics: history, effectiveness, comparison with other industrialized countries, legislation and court cases, individuals and organizations, and reliable further resources.
