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040 _aAFVC
100 _aYasbek, Philippa
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245 _aGood firearms law needs multiple defensive layers :
_bthe Swiss cheese model
_cPhilippa Yasbek and Lucy Telfar-Barnard
260 _aWellington, N. Z. :
_bPublic Health Communications Centre,
_c2025
300 _aelectronic document (8 pages) ; PDF file
520 _aThe Ministry of Justice has released a discussion document for the rewrite of the Arms Act 1983. The discussion document sets out a series of questions on almost every element of the Arms Act but makes no concrete proposals for change. It also fails to provide an overall assessment of the effectiveness of individual and multiple combined measures designed to limit the public health harms from firearms. The Swiss cheese model provides a useful framework to consider firearms policy. Australia implemented new firearms laws in 1996, using multiple defensive layers, and has been remarkably successful in preventing mass shootings since then. There are synergies between individual firearms policies and they need to be considered collectively. Aotearoa New Zealand needs to maintain and ideally enhance its current approach, modelled after the successful Australian laws. (From the website). Record #9135
650 _aGUNS
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650 _aArms Act 1983
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650 _aHAUMARUTANGA
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650 _aLAW REFORM
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650 _aLEGISLATION
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650 0 _94882
_aMODELS
650 _aSAFETY
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651 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aTelfar-Barnard, Lucy
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856 _uhttps://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/good-firearms-law-needs-multiple-defensive-layers-swiss-cheese-model
856 _uhttps://consultations.justice.govt.nz/policy/public-consultation-on-the-arms-act-rewrite/
_zConsultation on Arms Act review website (closes 28 February 2025)
942 _2ddc
_cBRIEFING
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