Special Committee on Gun Violence

Assault Weapons
The ABA supports permanent reauthorization of the 1994 enacted ban on assault weapons.

Gun Industry Tort Immunity Legislation
The ABA believes that the gun industry should be held accountable under state civil liability laws, like other industries, businesses, and individuals.

Lawyer's Role in Addressing Gun Violence
The ABA believes that lawyers share a special responsibility to help create a just and secure society in which firearms are well-regulated.

Gun Violence in Schools
Access the ABA's policy, background report, congressional correspondence and facts on gun violence in schools.

• ABA Policy on Gun Violence in Schools
  Read the full text of the ABA's August 1998 policy supporting a comprehensive approach to address gun violence by young persons at schools.
• Policy Background Report
  Access the complete background report to the ABA's August 1998 policy on gun violence in schools.
• Congressional Correspondence
  View the ABA's recent letters to Congress on federal gun control and legislation to curb gun violence.
• Facts About Gun Violence
  Learn more facts about gun violence in schools.

Regulation of Firearms as Consumer Products
The ABA supports enactment of legislation to provide authority to the Treasury Department to regulate firearms as consumer products, to set minimum mandatory safety standards, to issue recalls of defective products and prohibit sales of firearms failing to meet minimum safety standards, and to disseminate safety information to the public.