Emerging Strategies: Gun Violence Prevention

A report of the
Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence

Researcher: Benjamin Haley, Program and Policy Associate
Author: Benjamin Haley, Program and Policy Associate
Co-Author and Editor: Carolynne Jarvis, Executive Director
Publisher: Stephanie L. Taylor, Membership/Project Coordinator

The development of the MPPGV Report Emerging Strategies: Gun Violence Prevention
was made possible by a grant from the Joyce Foundation.

A Message from the Board of Directors

Introduction
About MPGPV
Overview of The Nature and Extent of Gun Violence in the United States
How We Compiled This Information
Purpose

A Closer Look at Firearm Fatalities, Injuries and Crime: Michigan and Nationwide
Michigan Homicide Trends
National Homicide Trends
Michigan Suicide Trends
National Suicide Trends
Fatal Unintentional Shootings
National Trends in Fatal Unintentional Shootings
Non-Fatal Injuries
Firearm Crime In Michigan and Nationwide

Public Opinion: Opening the Door to Public Policy Change

Regulating Firearms as Consumer Products
Marketing
Distribution
Case Study in Consumer Product Safety
Firearm Litigation

Gun Owner Responsibility and Accountability
Child Access Prevention Laws and Safe Storage Laws
Gun Buybacks and Exchanges
Licensing and Registration

Law Enforcement
Enforcing Current Law
Misdemeanor Prohibitions
Closing The Gun Show Loophole
Coordinating and Cooperating
Directed Patrols
Ballistic Fingerprinting
Crime Gun Tracing Initiatives
Policing Dealers
One-Gun-A-Month Laws
Local Ordinances
Prosecutors Holding Gun Owners Accountable
Project Exile
Court Intervention Programs

Special Topics
Data Collection for Informed Prevention Planning
Guns and Self Defense

Appendix
Exhibits

Copyright © 2001 Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence

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