Targeting Safety How State Attorneys General Can Act Now To Save Lives

Despite progress in recent years, Amer. still experiences rates of gun violence unimaginable in the rest of the industrialized world. Due to the power of the gun lobby, guns made in Amer. are subject to no Fed. consumer product safety standards whatsoever. One state -- Mass., through its A.G. -- has taken a bold step forward. It recently became the first state in the nation to implement far-reaching consumer product safety reg's. for handguns under existing statutes prohibiting unfair & deceptive trade practices. In so doing, Mass. has become a model for the nation. At least 20 other states, A.G.'s or comparable officials have the legal authority to make guns safe & save lives.Bhowmik, Rachana is the author of 'Targeting Safety How State Attorneys General Can Act Now To Save Lives', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756714987 and ISBN 0756714982.