- Description
This study details the prevalence of defective guns sold in the United States and describes the failure of government oversight in addressing this longstanding public safety issue. Warning that there are millions of defective guns in America, the study details the real-world impact of the little-known fact that the gun industry is the only manufacturer of a consumer product that is entirely exempt from federal health and safety regulation.
- Published by
- Violence Policy Center
- Funded by
- Joyce Foundation
- Issue areas
- Consumer Protection
- Crime and Safety
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States
- Copyright
- Copyright March 2021 Violence Policy Center
- What to read next
- 2007 Voter Survey on Gun Regulations Fact Sheet
- Banning Assault Weapons -- A Legal Primer for State and Local Action
- Regulating Guns in America -- An Evaluation and Comparative Analysis of Federal, State and Selected Local Gun Laws
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- Title
- Misfire: The Gun Industry's Lack of Accountability for Defective Firearms
- Publication date
- 2021-03-30
- Publication year
- 2021
- Authors
- Gary Klein
- Copyright holder(s)
- Violence Policy Center
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States
- Keywords
- pistols, safety, gun
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/misfire-the-gun-industry-s-lack-of-accountability-for-defective-firearms.html
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