Firearms Law, Sponsored by Administrative Law and Torts and Compensation Systems

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Grand Salon Section 22

Floor: First Floor

The concept of lethality features prominently in gun policy and litigation. Lethality has been used to justify banning machine guns and “assault weapons.” Civil lawsuits against firearm manufacturers and sellers have alleged that the lethality of certain firearm products renders them unsuitable for the civilian market. This session will feature a panel of experts from various disciplines—ballistics, public health, and law—to discuss the meaning and legal significance of lethality. Those attending the session will have ample opportunity to pose questions to the panelists and to share their own views about the role that lethality does and should play in legal responses to firearms violence.