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Position Statement on
Reducing Gun Violence
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Position Statement on Reducing

Gun Violence and Keeping
Campuses Safe

The International Association of Campus Law

Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA)
represents campus law enforcement and public
safety personnel across the world. Based on
mass casualty events in the United States, the
organization feels it is important to speak to the
issue of gun violence prevention on college
campuses. We will always support the
Constitution, the laws of our individual
countries, and the rights set forth in them. It is
clear from recent mass casualty events,
however, that existing laws and policies must be
re-examined. We also believe our long-standing
positions on issues ranging from behavior
threat assessment teams to expanding the
Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) to
higher education can help prevent these
incidents.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994

required domestic gun manufacturers to stop
production of semi-automatic assault weapons
and ammunition magazines holding more than
ten rounds except for military or police use. As
noted by the International Association of Chiefs
of Police (IACP), while the ban was in place from
1994 – 2004, the proportion of assault weapons
traced to crimes fell by 66 percent (On Target:
The Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapon
Act, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence,
2004).

Mass casualty shootings have created a level of

risk and fear that permeates communities,
including schools and college campuses. Given
that it is our responsibility as police chiefs and
public safety executives to protect our
communities, we must take every reasonable
measure to prevent and reduce the impact of
firearm violence.

Accordingly, IACLEA supports a ban on military-

style assault weapons and high-capacity
ammunition magazines for civilian use. We also
support a ban on the manufacture, sale or
possession of bump stock devices, which enable
semi-automatic rifles to fire at nearly the rate of
a machine gun. Additionally, we recommend
that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives be funded and staffed at levels
sufficient to allow that agency to carry out their
critical mission of enforcing existing federal
laws.

Further, IACLEA supports the following

measures to help prevent mass casualty
shootings:

Expanded use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders

(ERPO).

Increased resources to support the establishment

and operations of behavior threat assessment and
management teams in K – 12 schools, and colleges
and universities.

Increased resources to support the implementation

of anonymous tip lines serving K – 12 schools, and
colleges and universities.
Increased resources to support expanding the
availability of mental health services for K – 12
schools, and colleges and universities.

Authorizing the use of Comprehensive School Safety

Initiative (CSSI) funds to expand the National
Averted School Violence Database to cover colleges
and universities.

Additional research on the nexus between domestic

violence and mass casualty shootings.

Universal background checks for all firearms

purchases.

Raising the minimum age for purchase of rifles to 21

years of age consistent with the minimum age for
purchase of a handgun established in the federal
Gun Control Act of 1968.

Providing sufficient resources for the National

Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to
receive and investigate reports regarding individuals
exhibiting concerning behavior.

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