One state’s successful movement against the gun lobby provides lessons for advocates working on public safety and health issues in other states. Read a case study of California’s gun control movement by Grassroots Change.
Interactive Map Documents Rising Tide of State Preemption
Since the 1980s, preemption has been used to undermine grassroots movements across public health issues including tobacco, nutrition, housing and gun violence. But over the last few years, opponents of public health have dramatically accelerated the use of preemption to hinder public health. From e-cigarettes to paid sick days, more and more communities are threatened with losing their ability to protect their own residents. This not only affects the community health and safety, but it can kill effective grassroots movements before they even start.
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