Table 2

Policy content areas and items

Content areaContent item
Public educationRisk of firearms in home
Safe storage
Gun safety
Violence prevention
Hunter safety
School based
Community based
Clinical counselingRisks of guns in home
Safe storage
Child access
Removal of guns from home
Identify high risk patients
Physician educationTraining to identify high risk
Training in violence prevention
Students
Residents
Access preventionRestrict access to high risk users (for example, children)
Restrict access at point of sale for all guns or specific types
Enforcing existing laws
Personal liability
Gun commerceTreat guns as a consumer product
Trigger locks
Childproofing
Tracing, taxes
ResearchNational data system
Program and policy evaluation