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Urban Gun Violence A Section 6 Frontier Torts Presentation
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History of Gun Violence in Americas Cities Gun violence skyrocketed
beginning in the 1950s and
1960s through the 1990s Murder rates in Americas
cities drastically increasedduring this time period
Bostons murder rate, forexample, increasedtwentyfold between 1950 and1991
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History of Gun Violence in Americas Cities
Guns were overwhelmingly the weapons of choiceduring this time period
Especially for homicides
Graphcourtesyof JustFacts
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History of Gun Violence in Americas Cities
Figure courtesy of Alexia Cooper and Erica L. Smith of the U.S. Department of Justice, Homicide Trends inthe United States 1980-2008 27 (2011).
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Societys Attempts at Addressing the Problem Became tougher on crime
incarceration rates quintupled
over thirty years The War on Drugs came intoeffect and increased amount ofdrug crimes/sentences
Gun Control Act of 1968 Banned felons from owning
firearms Only officially licensed
firearms dealers could sell
guns
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Societys Attempts at Addressing the Problem
A result of these efforts was the rise of the gunrights movement In the late 1970s the NRA shifted its attention
from gun control to gun rights
A big victory for the gun lobby was the Protection of
Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, passed by Congressin 2005 NRAs top legislative priority Shields gun manufacturers from liability when
crimes are committed using their products
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The Problem of Gun Violence in AmericasCities Today
Gun violence, particularly urban gun violence, began todecline in the 1990s
In 2007, over 31,000 people died as a result of gunviolence in the major cities of the United States
60% of firearm homicides take place in Americas 50largest metropolitan areas
U.S. firearms death rate was 10.2 per 100,000 people in2009 Closest developed country: Finland (4.47)
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The Problem of Gun Violence in AmericasCities Today
Richard Florida, Gun Violence in U.S. Cities Compared to the Deadliest Nations in the World , THE ATLANTIC CITIES (Jan. 22,
2013), http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/01/gun-violence-us-cities-compared-deadliest-nations-world/4412/.
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The Situation of Urban Gun ViolenceTo develop viable policies to reduce urban gun violence, we need tounderstand the actors and the economic, social, and psychological forces that move them.
Gangs represent centralized organizations that are both perpetuatorsand victims of gun violence.
Enforcement agencies in many cities focus gun efforts on gangs andthe secondary markets that supply them.
Manufacturers , who play a mostly indirect role in feeding gang gunviolence, face their own pressures and exert broad social influence.
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What Drives Gang Membership?
Economic barriers to viable, legal alternatives
Racial and social marginalization Lack of traditional support systems (family, school, and
welfare)
Gang identity and belonging
Socialization of violence
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Lack of Viable Alternatives Studies have demonstrated the link
between neighborhood economy and
unemployment Economy: manufacturing has left American cities
Unemployment: urban poor nolonger has access to blue collar
manufacturing jobs Drug trade has filled the gap, providing
inner city with income opportunities Gangs control the gun trade in
many urban environments
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Marginalization and Gun Violence
Source: The AtlanticCities
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Lack of Support Systems
Lack of School Attachment Not an advancement
option Insufficient services
Withdrawal of the WelfareState
Social
Single-Parent Households Majority of black children
grow up without a father inthe home
Lower income in single-
parent homes Less parental supervision
and susceptibility to othersocial support networks,like gangs
Institutional
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Gangs as Support Systems As one youth on probation in Los Angeles put it,Gangs are my family. They are part of the neighborhood. Thats all there is.
Source: Essentials ofPsychology , Saul Kassim
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Socialization of andDesensitization to Violence
Cultural Transmission Theory
Crime and delinquency are learned in interactions withintimate primary groups
Exposure to Violence
70% of African-American youth witness robbery, stabbing,or shooting
Desensitization to Violence
Commonplace violence becomes expected
Responses to violence become apathetic
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Result: Perpetuation of Violence Social, Economic and Racial factors push inner-city youth into
gangs
Gangs are social support systems
Exposure to violence increases acceptance of violence
Desire to belong to gang community motivates greaterviolence towards out-groups, such as other gangs
Gangs fill social, institutional, and economicdeficits and, by their nature, perpetuate gun
violence
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Responding to Gang Gun Violence
Cities face enormous costs from gun violence,severe restrictions on remedies to recuperate costs,
and challenges in enforcing existing laws toeliminate the supply of and demand for
guns used in urban crime
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Public Costs of Urban Gun Violence Total National Costs: $2.3 Billion
Gun violence costs are extensive: Hospitalization (est. $600 million/yr) Damage to public property Police resources Increased security costs at public
institutions Coroners Disability benefits Prisons and jails
Chicago estimates over $400 millionin costs annually
Source: Urban Institute
52%28%
16%
4%
Share of Total Firearm AssaultInjury Cost by Insurance Status
Public
Uninsured/Self-Pay
Private
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Municipal Enforcement Options
Demand-Side
Strategies Stop-and-Frisk Gun buybacks
Impacts
Temporary reduction ofnew guns used in crime
Disputed: reduction inoverall gun crime rates
Supply-Side
Strategies Sting operations
Impacts Temporary reduction of
new guns used in crime
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Secondary Gun Markets
Time to CrimeGuns Used in Crime
Source: Braga & Pierce (2005) Source: Washington Post
83%
17%
IllegallyObtainedLegallyObtained
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Gun Manufacturer Perspective Social Psychology of Framing the Gun Problem
Manufacturers experience cognitive dissonance when theirproducts are associated with negative outcomes
Just World Hypothesis: motivated to believe that the worldis inherently just and that outcomes are the result of actions
Manufacturers are thus motivated to justify the negativeoutcomes by attributing them to dispositionist actors rather
than their own products ( Fundamental Attribution Error ) Defending the Market
System Justification Theory postulates that manufacturers arealso motivated to justify the status quo , especially incircumstances of high system threat
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I think we believe that the guns dont pose any risk at all.Its the people that are using them that pose the risk.- President of Gun Manufacturer Taurus in a gun liability deposition in 2001
I am agreat believer in personal responsibility .It is one of the key principles upon which America was founded.
- Brad Carson (D, OK) in favor of PLCAA in 2003
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Manufacturers Respond to High SystemThreat
When Smith & Wessonvoluntarily adopted a set ofsafeguards , including requirements thatits dealers limit multiple sales of firearms, itwas ostracized and boycotted,forcing it to abandon the
changes .- New York Times , Gun Makers Saw No Role in Curbing ImproperSales, May 2013
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Smith &Wesson stock
plummeted90%
betweenOctober 1999
andJanuary 2001
Good Ethics, Bad Business
Source: WikInvest
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Gun Marketing
Manufacturers , through direct marketing and indirect marketing frominterest groups like the National Rifle Association , shape themarkets and create demand for firearms.
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Military Idolatry
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Gendered
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Fear
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Excessively Violent
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Direct Gun Advertising
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Manufacturers and the NRA NRA denies affiliation with gun
manufacturers
The Violence Policy Centerfound that gun relatedcorporations are 74% of NRAcorporate partners
In 2012, the NRA spent
$1.6 million on directcampaign contributions
$2.98 million lobbying
$19.8 million on outsidecampaigning (advertising) $41,506
$13,286,513
$6,218,455
$220,569$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
Money For Money Against
NRA IndependentExpenditures, 2012
Democrats
Republicans
Source: OpenSecrets.org
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Mass Media and Gun Violence
Mass Media shape and influence public attitudes and behavior as
Gatekeepers : deciding what stories are covered or forgotten
Interpreters : deciding how to cover different gun violence
Framers : shaping the debate about gun control and thecauses of gun violence
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Prevalence of Coverage:Mass Shootings
Mass Shootings
Mass shootings tend to occur in suburban communitiesand are thus a deviation from the norm
Mass shootings like Aurora, Columbine, Sandy Hook, andVirginia Tech are covered more than daily urban gunmurders, though more than 2/3 of all deaths by gun occurin urban settings
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Prevalence of Coverage:Urban Gun Violence Urban gun deaths are the norm
Desensitization: commonality of inner-city gun shootings maymake us less sensitive to the daily tragedies when compared tothe less frequent mass shootings.
Marginalized Populations
Minority populations account for most of the inner-city deathsfrom gun violence
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There was more news coverage of Sandy Hook than for the260 schoolchildren combined who were killed in Chicagobetween 2007-2010.
Prevalence of Coverage: Comparison
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Nature of Coverage: VictimsMass Shootings: Situational,Sympathetic Coverage
Deviation from the norm: It wasn't
support to happen here Isolated incidents become national
tragedies
Urban gun deaths: Dispositionist
Fundamental Attribution Error
Choice to remain in thesecommunities leads tovictimization
Cognitive dissonanceVictims of the Sandy Hook shooting
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Nature of Coverage: PerpetratorsMass Shootings: Situationist
Perpetrators are viewed in light of
their situation Mental illness
Family disarray
Urban Gun Violence: Dispositionist Gangbangers are evil, angry,
greedy, cold as ice.
Focus on criminal history
Clockwise fromtop left:
James EaganHolmes,
Adam Lanza,Seung-Hui Cho.
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Theyre just kids.Their innocence was shattered.
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Just another day in the wild wild west ofOakland
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Shaping the Debate on Gun Control Framing the Debate Why Gun Control?
Culture of Violence frame to promote gun control
Fear: take away criminals guns Attributional stereotypes: black criminals in urban
neighborhoods need to be stopped
Fails to focus on situational aspects of gun violence in aproductive manner
Shifting the Debate Failure to focus on socio-economic and cultural issues
contributing to gun violence
Debate has shifted to constitutional issues and need for self-defense (again invoking fear)
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History of Tort Law and Gun Manufacturers
Pre 1990s, individuals attempts to sue gun manufacturers werelargely unsuccessful Hamilton v. Accu-tek as an anomaly
The late 1990s saw a new strategy employed: municipal lawsuitsagainst manufacturers New Orleans (1998) Chicago, Boston, Bridgeport, Miami, Atlanta, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Newark, Wilmington, New York City, San Francisco,and Los Angeles
New York State first state to sue gun manufacturers (2000)
Obstacles to successful litigation High litigation costs forced some cities to drop their cases PLCAA (2005) essentially ensured the failure of any remaining
suits
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Product Liability
Product Liability: a manufacturer or seller is legally liable forproducing or selling a faulty product
To establish a case of strict product liability against a
manufacturer for injuries, the plaintiff bears the burden ofproof.
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Plaintiff has to prove:1. Defendant is in the business of manufacturing andselling the product.2. Product is defective. Three types of defects:
Manufacturing defect - product differs to all others ofits kind
Design defect there is another way the productcould have been built which satisfies a three-parttest.
i. It must be safer than version marketedii. It must be cost effective
iii. It must be practical Information defect product has a risk that cannot be
removed, consumers would not be aware of it and itdoes not bear adequate warning.
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Plaintiff has to prove:
3. Existence of the defect the product wasnot altered after it left the control of thedefendant or the defect existed at the time itdeparted the manufacturer.
4. The plaintiff is using the product in aforeseeable manner.
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Negligence Plaintiff also alleged theories of Negligence. Two forms:
Negligence in the distribution and sale of guns:plaintiffs allege that manufacturers have not exercised
reasonable care in selling guns, making them easilyaccessible to criminals or juveniles.
Negligent in the marketing of firearms: Plaintiffs allegethat manufacturers engage in false advertising and
misrepresentation, which misleads the public andresults in looser government regulation
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Nuisance Plaintiffs have also alleged that gun manufacturers
have violated public nuisance statutes by creatingconditions that negatively affect public health orsafety.
New York City, Chicago, New York State all suedunder alleged violations of nuisance laws.
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PLCAA
Bars any civil action against a gun manufacturer(qualified civil liability action) from beingbrought in any Federal or State Court,
including pending lawsuits, when the lawsuitsresult from the criminal or unlawful misuse of aqualified product by person or a third party.
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PLCAA
Broad in scope and application House Committee Report
Congressman John Conyers, Jr. warned that the bill
effectively eliminates product liability lawsuitsinvolving firearms.
Other dissenting views in the Report: the billimmunizes gun manufacturers and sellers from
liability under most negligence and common lawprinciples . However, six exceptions . . .
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Exceptions to the PLCAA
There are six exceptions overall that allow civilaction against manufacturers, sellers and/ortrade associations. Four offer possible avenues
for holding manufacturers liable for inner-citygun violence.
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Exception 1 Action can be taken against a person convicted understate or federal law for transferring a firearm knowing itwill be used to commit a violent or drug traffickingcrime , by a party directly harmed by the conduct of which
the transferee is so convicted
Manufacturers of Saturday Night Specials Inexpensive, small guns frequently used in criminal
activity, including violent crime and drug-traffickingcrime Maryland banned these guns explicitly because of their
connection to crime
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Exception 2
Action can be taken against a seller for negligententrustment or negligence per se.
Negligent entrustment: when the seller knows, or reasonablyshould know, that he is supplying the product to a person whois likely to, and does, use it in a manner involvingunreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others
Seller: includes dealer, who is someone engaged in thebusiness of selling firearms and who is licensed to engage inbusiness as such a dealer
Thus, manufacturer could qualify as a seller if it has adealers license . Nonetheless, knowing would be hard tosatisfy.
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Exception 3
The predicate exception : Action can be brought when amanufacturer or seller of a qualified product knowingly violateda state or federal statute applicable to the sale or marketingof the product, and the violation was a proximate cause of the
harm for which relief is sought.
Plaintiffs sued gun manufacturers for violating public nuisancestatutes by allowing proliferation of illegal guns in cities
Legal challenge: what statutes are applicable? New York City was unsuccessful in arguing that nuisance
laws are applicable. Only Gary, Indiana has found that public nuisance statutes
qualify as applicable to marketing and sale of guns
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Exception 5
Action can be brought for death, physical injuries or propertydamage resulting directly from a defect in design ormanufacture of the product, when used as intended or in areasonably foreseeable manner , except that where thedischarge of the product was caused by a volitional act thatconstituted a criminal offense .
Clear way to hold manufacturers liable, but very limited Apply argument from products liability: manufacturers can be
liable when the customer misuses or manipulates a product ina reasonably foreseeable way, even though the danger of theproduct was readily apparent. This has yet to be applied to guns
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Constitutional Challenges to PLCAA
Plaintiffs argued violation of separation of powers Court held PLCAA does not instruct courts to
categorically dismiss certain cases, it only pre-emptsstate law
Plaintiffs argued violation of 10 th Amendment Court held PLCAA does not compel the legislature to
create a specific law; instead, it allows the legislature
to create liability for harms related to marketing andsales
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Empirical Analysis Empirical questions will most likely focus on what levers
would be most effective in decreasing the level of gun
homicides in the inner city.
To construct a robust and precise regression model: Least Angle Regression (LARS) Multiple linear regression model
Microeconomic analysis
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Least Angle Regression (LARS)
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Multiple Linear Regression
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Microeconomic analysis
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H ARVARD INJURY CONTROL RESEARCH CTR.,FIREARMS RESEARCH - HOMICIDE (HarvardSchool of Pub. Health 2013)
Our review of the academic literature found that a broadarray of evidence indicates that gun availability is a risk
factor for homicide, both in the United States and acrosshigh-income countries. Case-control studies, ecologicaltime-series and cross-sectional studies indicate that inhomes, cities, states and regions in the US, where thereare more guns, both men and women are at higher risk
for homicide, particularly firearm homicide.
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Default Absolute Manufacturer Liabilityleads to efficiency
Holding gun manufacturers liable for inner city gunviolence would result in the most efficient outcome.
There are several parties that can be held accountable
Perpetrator of violence Dealer that sold the gun to perpetrator Manufacturer who made and sold the gun
Information and incentives determine which party shouldbe held accountable.
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Why Manufacturers?
Information - When a manufacturers gun was used in a crime,manufacturers have the records to determine what dealer thatgun was sold to.
Incentives - For urban gun violence, liability has the greatestimpact when placed on the gun manufacturer because themanufacturer would be less likely to sell to a dealer who allowstheir product to be intercepted by criminal networks.
Imposing strict liability on manufacturers forces them tointernalize costs. As the price of guns increases, the demandfor them decreases. This lowers the number of guns in society,which lowers the amount of guns available for inner cityviolence.
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Assumptions
For absolute manufacturer liability liability to lower violence in the inner city, 2assumptions:
(a) Gun sales will decrease overall(b) Criminals will not resort to other means
If gun sales do decrease and criminal activity correspondingly decreases Public cost caused by violence will decrease Cost shifted to manufacturers, who can alter distribution of products to
decrease liability
Challenges to Assumptions
Limitations of absolute manufacturer liability effectiveness Decreased availability of new guns may expand market for used guns currently
available. Criminals may resort to other means of committing violent offenses Interest groups can influence the way these costs are distributedUnintended consequences Heavy liability may cause gun manufacturers to entirely leave US Interest groups at both the international and national level may limit the effective
reach of liability and shift the costs solely to legitimate consumers.
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Interest Groups A Sampling
National Level: National Rifle Association The Brady Campaign Congressional Black Caucus
Local Level: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Local politicians and other officials
Community Level: Community Members Clergy
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Disproportionate Influence2012 Federal
CampaignContributions
2012 LobbyingExpenditures
$3,800,000
$2,200,000
$180,000
$30,000
$0 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000
Brady Campaign
Gun ControlGroupsNRA
Gun Rights Groups(Total)
$3,130,000
$1,100,000
$4,036
$0 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000
Gun ControlInterest Groups
NRA
Gun RightsInterest Groups
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Dispositional Perspectives
The NRA frames the problem in terms of thedispositions of those who commit gun violence.
Some local officials portray criminals as
dangerous and deserving of punishment Some clergy members assert that the nation is
being held hostage by individuals who are
behaving badly
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The NRA Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkta00FaRHo
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Situational Perspectives
The CBC frames inner-city gun violence in termsof economic inequality
Some local officials believe that poverty, lack ofeconomic opportunity, and the availability ofguns are to blame
Members of affected communities recognize that
gun ownership has been integrated into inner-city culture and is self-reinforcing
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Guns and Gangs in Baltimore
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Potential Solutions
Various potentialapproaches available
Different interestgroups advocate fordiffering approachesbased on theirperception of thevarious actors(manufacturers,criminals, gun owners)
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Solution 1: Enforcement
Stronger prosecution and stricter enforcement ofpre-existing criminal law
Stop and frisk order -maintaining policies
More Police Resources
Prosecute gun traffickersmore often/more severely
Allow police to accesstracking data on firearm
purchases
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Solution 2: Safety
Force the implementation of smart -gun technology (saferguns) Fingerprint technology Ban Saturday Night Specials Microstamping and Ballistic Identification
Mandatory trigger locks
Ban cop killer bullets
Mandatory background checks
Local initiatives and partnerships with retailers to promoteresponsible firearm policies
Gun buy-backs and trade-ins
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Solution 3: Media
Restrict access to violentvideo games and movies
Change the portrayal ofviolence in the media
Challenge the underlying attributions in news portrayals
Reframe the issue to focus on situational factors
Encourage a more proportionate ratio of stories onmass shootings and inner-city gun violence
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Solution 4: Community
Focus on community outreach through:
Summer jobs, mentoring programs, education, andparental involvement
Increase employment opportunities Improve inner-city schools: safety, curriculum, target
at-risk youth Gang resistance education, intervention and
counseling Support community-based groups Mental health reform (access and destigmatization)
Ex: Boston CeaseFire, Chicago Gang Summit, CBC
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Solution 5: Tort Liability
Transfer the costs of urban gun violence fromvictims, communities, and cities to manufacturers,distributors, and sellers through implementing tort
liability.
Incentivize manufacturers and gun purchasers toadvocate for and implement other gun control and
safety policies
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QUESTIONS?
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Select two of the following approaches that
you feel would be the most effective nextsteps in reducing inner-city gun violence.
___ Enforcement ___ Safety ___ Media
___ Community ___ Tort Liability
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Tort Liability __ Work within the PLCAA
__ Utilize exceptions to target negligence and defects
__ Repeal the PLCAA
__Strict Product liability
__Negligence (manufacturing, distribution, advertising) __Default Absolute Manufacturer Liability (Box 7)
__Absolute Absolute Manufacturer Liability (Box 8) (Crazy!)