Keywords
criminal law, violence, gun control, Brady
Abstract
No matter how effective a legislative scheme is, legislation alone will not eradicate the deeply rooted culture of gun violence that exists in this country. Accordingly, Handgun Control divides its efforts between legislative and non-legislative efforts. In this regard, the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence carries out the non-legislative interventions of Handgun Control. These efforts include working with elementary, secondary and high schools to promote a gun violence reduction curriculum; litigating on behalf of gun victims; defending gun control legislation in the courts; working with the entertainment industry concerning the messages in popular entertainment about gun violence; and working with the public health profession both to research the causes of and the most effective solutions to gun violence, and to disseminate the message that guns do not make us safer. It is our belief that only through such a comprehensive, multifaceted approach, can America hope to reduce the gun violence that affects us all.
Recommended Citation
Richard M. Aborn,
The Battle Over the Brady Bill and the Future of Gun Control Advocacy,
22 Fordham Urb. L.J. 417
(1995).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol22/iss2/7