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The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

Subject Areas: Health Policy; ; ;
Publisher: SAGE Publications - SAGE
ISSN: 1073-1105
SJR: 60

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The Walmart Effect: Testing Private Interventions to Reduce Gun Suicide

Ayres, Ian; Shelley, Zachary; Vars, Fredrick E.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979404 pmid:33404320

This article tests the impact of Walmart's corporate decisions to end the sale of handguns at its stores in 1994 and to discontinue the sale of all firearms at approximately 59% of its stores in 2006 before resuming firearms sales at some of those stores in 2011. Using a difference-in-differences...
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States' Rights, Gun Violence Litigation, and Tort Immunity

Higgins, Hilary J.; Lowy, Jonathan E.; Rising, Andrew J.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979405 pmid:33404317

The devastating toll of gun violence has given rise to hundreds of lawsuits seeking justice on behalf of victims and their families. A significant number of challenges against gun companies, however, are blocked by courts' broad reading of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) — a...
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Gun Violence in Court

Gluck, Abbe R.; Nabavi-Noori, Alexander; Wang, Susan

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979406 pmid:33404318

Litigation cannot solve a public health crisis. But litigation can be an effective complementary tool to regulation by increasing the salience of a public health issue, eliciting closely guarded information to move public opinion, and prompting legislative action. From tobacco to opioids,...
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Regulating 3D-Printed Guns Post-Heller: Why Two Steps Are Better Than One

Talbot, Thaddeus; Skaggs, Adam

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979407 pmid:33404315

This article describes why a constitutional test that relies exclusively on history and tradition for deciding modern firearm regulations is woefully inadequate when applied to modern technologies. It explains the unique advancements in firearm technology — specifically, ghost guns — that...
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Second Amendment Sanctuaries: A Legally Dubious Protest Movement

Turret, Erica; Parsons, Chelsea; Skaggs, Adam

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979408 pmid:33404316

This article assesses the origins and spread of the Second Amendment sanctuary movement in which localities pass ordinances or resolutions that declare their jurisdiction's view that proposed or enacted state (or federal) gun safety laws are unconstitutional and therefore, local officials will...
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True Threats, Self-Defense, and the Second Amendment

Blocher, Joseph; Vaseghi, Bardia

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979409 pmid:33404310

Does the Second Amendment protect those who threaten others by negligently or recklessly wielding firearms? What line separates constitutionally legitimate gun displays from threatening activities that can be legally proscribed? This article finds guidance in the First Amendment doctrine of true...
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COVID-19 Emergency Restrictions on Firearms

Kuhn, Samuel A.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979410 pmid:33404296

This article examines emergency restrictions imposed by state-level public officials on firearms during the COVID-19 pandemic. It surveys the litigation challenging each of the relatively few restrictions that were imposed, considers when and whether courts should apply the deferential Jacobson...
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A Double-Filter Provision for Expanded Red Flag Laws: A Proposal for Balancing Rights and Risks in Preventing Gun Violence

Delaney, Gabriel A.; Charles, Jacob D.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979412 pmid:33404308

In response to the continued expansion of “red flag” laws allowing broader classes of people to petition a court for the removal of firearms from individuals who exhibit dangerous conduct, this paper argues that state laws should adopt a double-filter provision that balances individual rights and...
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How the Guardianship System Can Help Address Gun Violence

Kohn, Nina A.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979413 pmid:33404309

This article shows how state guardianship law can provide a mechanism for courts to reduce gun violence by removing the right to possess firearms from individuals found, after hearing and due process, to be incapable of safely possessing them. It explores how this often overlooked body of law not...
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Mental Illness and Gun Violence: Research and Policy Options

Honberg, Ronald S.

2020 "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics"

doi:10.1177/1073110520979414 pmid:33404306

This article provides an overview of current knowledge about the relationship between mental illness, violence, homicides, and suicides, with a view towards crafting sensible public policy options for reducing gun violence towards self or others. With this knowledge as a backdrop, the limitations...

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