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A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence, Legally Speaking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Michael R. Ulrich
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Abstract

The call for a public health approach to gun violence has largely ignored what role the nascent Second Amendment jurisprudence will play in hindering change. Given the state interest for infringing on Second Amendment rights is nearly always public safety, public health law doctrine provides an apt framework for analysis.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 47 , Issue S2: 2018 Public Health Law Conference: Health Justice: Empowering Public Health and Advancing Health Equity , Summer 2019 , pp. 112 - 115
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2019

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