- Description
The focus of this brief is assault-style rifles, the new gun control measures passed in the U.S. at the end of 2018, the little to no action taken by the federal government, and actions taken by individual states to ban and regulate the sale and possession of assault-style weapons.
- Published by
- Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium
- Rockefeller Institute of Government at The State University of New York
- Issue areas
- Crime and Safety
- Government Reform
- Document type
- Issue/Policy Brief
- Geography
- North America / United States
- North America / United States (Central Pacific) / Hawaii
- North America / United States (Eastern) / Connecticut
- North America / United States (Midwestern) / Minnesota
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / New Jersey
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York
- North America / United States (Southern) / District of Columbia / Washington
- North America / United States (Southern) / Maryland
- North America / United States (Southern) / Virginia
- North America / United States (Western) / California
- Copyright
- Copyright 2019 by Rockefeller Institute of Government at The State University of New York and Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Assault Weapons, Mass Shootings, and Options for Lawmakers
- Publication date
- 2019-03-22
- Publication year
- 2019
- Authors
- Jaclyn Schildkraut
- Copyright holder(s)
- Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, Rockefeller Institute of Government at The State University of New York
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States, North America / United States (Midwestern) / Minnesota, North America / United States (Northeastern) / New Jersey, North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York, North America / United States (Southern) / District of Columbia / Washington, North America / United States (Southern) / Maryland, North America / United States (Southern) / Virginia, North America / United States (Western) / California, North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts, North America / United States (Eastern) / Connecticut, North America / United States (Central Pacific) / Hawaii
- Keywords
- shootings, assault, schildkraut, rifles
- Document type
- Issue/Policy Brief
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/assault-weapons-mass-shootings-and-options-for-lawmakers
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