Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, 4301 X St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
California Firearm Violence Research Center, University of California Davis, 4301 X St., Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 30;23(1):1275. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16043-6.
Firearm violence is a major public health problem in the United States, yet most states lack a mechanism to temporarily remove firearms from individuals who are at high and imminent risk of harming themselves or others and are not otherwise prohibited. Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws are intended to close this gap. The current study examines the passage of California's gun violence restraining order (GVRO) bill using Kingdon's multiple streams framework.
This study was based on an analysis of interview data from six key informants involved in the passage of the GVRO legislation.
Findings indicate policy entrepreneurs framed the problem and designed the policy to target individuals at behavioral risk of imminent firearm violence. Policy entrepreneurs comprised an integrated policy network that engaged in a lengthy period of collaboration and bargained with interest groups to yield a bill that satisfied diverse concerns.
This case study may inform efforts in other states to pass ERPO policies and other firearm safety laws.
枪支暴力是美国的一个主要公共卫生问题,但大多数州缺乏一种机制,无法在个人面临高度和紧迫的自我伤害或伤害他人风险,且没有其他禁止措施的情况下,暂时没收其枪支。极端风险保护令 (ERPO) 法律旨在弥补这一空白。本研究使用金登的多源流框架来审查加利福尼亚州枪支暴力限制令 (GVRO) 法案的通过。
本研究基于对参与 GVRO 立法通过的六名主要知情人的访谈数据进行分析。
研究结果表明,政策企业家们构建了问题框架,并设计了旨在针对行为上有即时枪支暴力风险的个人的政策。政策企业家们组成了一个集成的政策网络,进行了长时间的合作,并与利益集团讨价还价,制定出了一项满足各种关切的法案。
本案例研究可能为其他州制定 ERPO 政策和其他枪支安全法提供参考。