TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Nora Frimann
AND CITY COUNCIL City Attorney
SUBJECT: GUN HARM REDUCTION
ORDINANCE DATE: January 21, 2022
SUPPLEMENTAL
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
The attached list provides the citations for the various research and data sources used in the recitals of the proposed ordinance that is being considered at the City Council's January 25, 2022 meeting. It may be useful in Council's deliberations on the matter. /s/
NORA FRIMANN
City Attorney
COUNCIL AGENDA: 1/25/22
FILE: 22-045
ITEM: 4.1
1 STUDIES CITED IN GUN HARM REDUCTION ORDINANCE RECITALS
Source
1. The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. “Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention.”
https://efsgv.org/learn/learn-more-about-gun-violence/public-health-approach-to-gun-violence- prevention/
Data sourced from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Underlying Cause of Death” reports
https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html
2. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
https://wisqars.cdc.gov/data/explore-data/home
3. Santa Clara County Public Health. “Firearms in Santa Clara County.” https://publichealth.sccgov.org/sites/g/files/exjcpb916/files/firearms-facts-2018.pdf
4. American Journal of Epidemiology. “Guns in the home and risk of a violent death in the jome:
findings from a national study.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522849/
5. Annals of Internal Medicine. “The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members.”
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M13-1301
6. The New England Journal of Medicine. “Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California.” https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1916744
7. American Academy of Pediatrics. “Guns in the Home.”
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Handguns-in-the- Home.aspx
8. Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action. “Innocents Lost: A year of unintentional child deaths, June 2014.”
https://momsdemandaction.org/new-analysis-one-year-unintentional-child-gun-deaths-u-s- finds-nearly-two-children-killed-every-week-60-percent-higher-federal-data-reflect/
9. Social Science and Medicine. “State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17070975/
10. Journal of Urban Health. “Firearm Storage in Gun-Owning Household with Children: Results of a 2015 National Survey.”
https://www.thetrace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Firearm-Storage-in-Households-with- Children_JUH.pdf
11. The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. “Unintentional Shootings.” https://efsgv.org/learn/type-of-gun-violence/unintentional-shootings/
2 12. Hartford Courant. “Sandy Hook Families Settle Lawsuits Against Lanza Estate for $1.5M.” https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-sandy-hook-lawsuit-settled-20150803-story.html
Gilman & Bedigian, LLC. “Man who shot intruder in his home sued for wrongful death.” https://www.gilmanbedigian.com/man-who-shot-intruder-in-his-home-sued-for-wrongful-death/
CBS News. “Burglar sues Calif. Homeowner, 90, who returned fire.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/burglar-sues-calif-homeowner-90-who-returned-fire/
13. The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. “Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention.”
https://efsgv.org/learn/learn-more-about-gun-violence/public-health-approach-to-gun-violence- prevention/
14. The Actuary. “Firearm Risk: An Insurance Perspective.” https://theactuarymagazine.org/firearm-risk/