Gun Violence Value Chain Business Activities Types of Businesses Involved • Credit/loans to gun manufacturers or retailers • Consumer and business banks • Credit/loans to individuals who buys guns • Investors How guns are financed • Processing of transactions to buy guns • Third-party payment processors (e.g., • Insuring gun manufacturers; Underwriting issuances by gun online payment systems) manufacturers • Real estate investing / holdings leased by gun manufacturers • Gun or gun-related products manufacturers • Manufacturing Companies’ How guns are made • R&D in guns and weapons (i.e., making guns safer, smarter gun • Web services safes) • Research and development products, • Ghost guns, 3D printers, and online information related to gun operations violence • Retailers (online and in-person) selling guns, gun-related • Direct gun retailers and accessories, or facilitating the sale of guns • Dealers & other indirect gun retailers How guns are distributed • Retailers (online and in-person) selling materials that promote gun selling products associated with gun employees violence (e.g., t-shirts with guns printed on them) violence • Dealer/Distribution chains of guns and related products (storage, • Web services may intersect educational materials, etc.) • Advertisements for guns and gun-related goods (print and online) • Retail with the gun • Portrayals of gun violence in film and TV • Media violence value How gun violence is • Messaging around gun safety, educational campaigns, PSAs • Tech promoted • Online content by individual users through social media • Schools chain at • NRA partnerships and discounts • Any sector can form partnerships with organizations or on topics perpetuate multiple or work to end gun violence • In retail and service locations, hotels, transportation where • All companies are at risk of points employees, business partners, and consumers interact experiencing gun violence Where gun violence • In offices, factories, distribution centers, etc. happens • At supplier and business partners’ locations • When employees are commuting to work • In the communities where companies operate and source from Even if your company does not directly source guns or gun-related products, a supplier may be providing them for other companies, a retailer may be selling them, or a marketing partner may be promoting them.