• E4J University Module Series: Firearms

• Module 6: National Regulations on Firearms

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Scope of the national firearms regulations
  • National firearms strategies and action plans
  • Harmonization of national firearms legislation with international firearms instruments
  • Assistance for development of national firearms legislation
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

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• First published in July 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Possible class structure

 

This section contains recommendations for a teaching sequence and timing intended to achieve learning outcomes through a three-hour class. The lecturer may wish to disregard or shorten some of the segments below in order to give more time to other elements, including introduction, icebreakers, conclusion or short breaks. The structure could also be adapted for shorter or longer classes, given that the class durations vary across countries.

Pre-class

Assign students to explore the firearms regulation in their country and to acquire understanding which institutions are responsible for their implementation.

First session

Give a lecture about the scope of the national firearms regimes in the areas of manufacture, marking and record-keeping.

Second session

Give a lecture about the scope of the national firearms regimes in the areas of transfer controls, destruction and deactivation.

Third session

Give a lecture about the harmonization of national firearms legislations and the tools that can assist countries in this process.

 

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