Executive Summary
Table of Contents
The Crisis
The Lobbies
The Boom in Guns
A Brief History of Firearms Law
The Embattled Past of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
A More Comprehensive Strategy
The Next Steps
This is the full text of the executive summary of the 1994 Violence Policy Center study Cease Fire: A Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Firearms Violence. This executive summary appeared as an article in the March 20, 1994 edition of Rolling Stone magazine. For a copy of the complete study, please send a check for $10.00 to the Violence Policy Center, 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 1014, Washington, DC, 20036.