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Gun Debate

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Introductory Essay




Chronology




Guide to Selected Topics




Aborn, Richard (1952–)




Academics for the Second Amendment (A2A)




Accidents Involving Guns




African Americans and Guns




AK-47




Aliens




Amendment II Democrats




American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)




American Bar Association (ABA)




American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)




American Firearms Institute (AFI)




American Jewish Congress (AJC)




American Revolution




American Rifleman




American Shooting Sports Council (ASSC)




Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)




Americans for Responsible Solutions




Americans United for Safe Streets (AUSS)




Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act




Armijo v. Ex Cam, Inc. (1987)




Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment (AWARE)




Assault Weapons Ban




Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting, 2012




Australia




Aymette v. The State (1840)




Ayoob, Massad (1948– )




Background Checks




Bailey v. United States (1996)




Barr, Bob (1948– )




Barrett .50-Caliber Sniper Rifles




Barrett v. United States (1976)




Barron v. Baltimore (1833)




Beecham v. United States (1994)




Beecher’s Bibles




Bernethy v. Walt Failor’s Inc. (1978)




Binghamton, New York, Shooting (2009)




Black Codes




Black Panther Party




Black Talon Bullet




Bliss v. Commonwealth (1822)




Bloomberg, Michael R. (1942– )




Bowling for Columbine 44




Boxer, Barbara (1940– )




Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence




Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act




Brady, James (1940–2014)




Brady, Sarah (1942–2015)




Britain




British American Security Information Council (BASIC)




Browning, John Moses (1855–1926)




Bryan v. United States (1998)




Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)




Bush, George W. (1946–)




Bush, George H. W. (1924– )




Canada




Caron v. United States (1998)




Cases v. United States (1942)




The Castle Doctrine




Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)




Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (CPHV)




Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)




Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)




Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)




City of Las Vegas v. Moberg (1971)




City of Salina v. Blaksley (1905)




Civil Forfeiture




Clinton, William Jefferson (Bill) (1946– )




Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV)




Collectors




Colorado Springs, Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooting, 2015




Colt, Samuel (1814–1862)




Commonwealth v. Davis (1976)




Concealed Carrying on College Campuses




Concealed Carry Laws




Concealed Weapons Detectors




Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)




Constitutional Accountability Center




Consumer Product Safety




Conyers, John (1929– )




Cook, Philip J. (1946– )




Cox, Christopher (Chris) W. (1978– )




Diaz, Tom (1940– )




Dick Act




Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. (1983)




District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)




Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO)




Dodd, Thomas J. (1907–1971)




Drive-By Shootings




Dueling




Eddie Eagle




Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence




Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Shooting




Empire State Building Shooting




Everytown for Gun Safety




Farmer v. Higgins (1990)




Fatalities




Federalist Papers 103




Feinstein, Dianne (1933– )




Feldman, Richard (1951–)




Firearm Sentence Enhancement (FSE) Laws




Firearms Coalition




Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC)




Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA)




Fourteenth Amendment




Fourth Amendment




Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)




Gang Violence and Guns




German Firearms Laws, 1920s-1930s




Gottlieb, Alan Merril (1947– )




Gritz, James (Bo) (1939– )




Gun Buyback Programs




Gun Control Act of 1968




Gun Culture




Gun-Free Schools Act




Gun Journal




Gun Owners




Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL)




Gun Owners of America (GOA)




Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC)




Gun Show Loophole




Gun Shows




Gun Trafficking




Gun Week (GW)




Gun World




Guns and Ammo (G&A)




Guns Magazine (GM)




Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT)




Halbrook, Stephen P. (1947– )




Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI)




Handguns Magazine




Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC)




Harder, Chuck (1944– )




Health Care Professionals




Heartland Institute




Helmke, W. Paul, Jr. (1948– )




HELP Network




Hemenway, David (1945– )




Henigan, Dennis (1951– )




Heston, Charlton (1924–2008)




Huddleston v. United States (1974)




Hunting Culture




Hutaree Militia




Independence Institute




Institute for Legislative Action (ILA), National Rifle Association




Instrumentality Effect




International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)




International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO)




International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)




Israel




Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA)




Japan




Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826)




Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO)




John Birch Society (JBS)




Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research




Jonesboro, Arkansas, School Shooting




Kates, Don B., Jr. (1941– )




Kellermann, Arthur (1955– )




Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc. (1983)




Kennesaw, Georgia




Klanwatch Project




Kleck, Gary (1950– )




Knox, Neal (1935–2005)




Kopel, David B. (1960– )




Ku Klux Klan




LaPierre, Wayne (1950– )




Large Capacity Ammunition Magazines (LCAMs)




Lautenberg, Frank R. (1924–2013 )




Lautenberg Amendment




Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA)




Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act




Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 (PL 109-92; 119 Stat. 2095)




Lawyer’s Second Amendment Society (LSAS)




Legal Action Project (LAP)




Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV)




Lewis v. United States (1980)




Libertarian Party




Littleton, Colorado, Columbine School Shooting




Long Gun




Lott, John R., Jr. (1958– )




Ludwig, Jens Otto (1968– )




Mailing of Firearms Act (MFA)




Martin, Trayvon, and George Zimmerman




Maryland One-Gun-Per-Month Law




Maryland v. United States (1965)




Massachusetts Gun Violence Prevention Law




Mayors Against Illegal Guns




McCarthy, Carolyn Cook (1944– )




McClure, James Albertas (1924–2011 )




McCollum, William (Bill) (1944– )




McDonald v. Chicago (2010)




Media Violence




Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)




Metaksa, Tanya K. (1936– )




Mexico




Michigan Militia (MM)




Militia Act of 1792




Militia of Montana (MOM)




Militia Watchdog




Miller v. Texas (1894)




Million Mom March




Minutemen, Modern




Minutemen, Revolutionary




Morton Grove, Illinois




Mothers Against Violence in America (MAVIA)




Muscarello v. United States (1998)




National Association of Federally Licensed Firearms Dealers (NAFLFD)




National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR)




National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO)




National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)




National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)




National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)




National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)




National Education Association (NEA)




National Firearms Act of 1934




National Firearms Association (NFA) of Canada




National Instant Check System (NICS)




National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)




National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA)




National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)




National Parks Gun Policy




National Rifle Association (NRA)




National SAFE KIDS Campaign




National School Safety Center (NSSC)




National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)




National Tracing Center (NTC)




Native Americans




Ninth Amendment




Northern Illinois University Shooting




Nunn v. Georgia (1846)




The New York SAFE Act




Obama, Barack Hussein (1961–)




Obama’s Gun Proposals to Congress, 2013




Oklahoma City Bombing




Open Carry Movement




Orlando, Florida, Shooting




Pacific Center for Violence Prevention (PCVP)




Paladin Press




Palin, Sarah Louise Heath (1964– )




Paul, Ron (1935– )




Paul Revere Network (PRN)




PAX




Perpich v. Department of Defense (1990)




Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)




Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)




Police Shootings




Potomac Institute




Pratt, Larry (1942– )




Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (PCUSA)




Presser v. Illinois (1886)




Printz v. United States (1997)




Product Liability Lawsuits




Project Exile




Project Lifeline




The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005




Protest Easy Guns (PEG)




Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove (1982)




Reagan, Ronald (1911–2004)




Remington, Eliphalet, II (1793–1861)




Reno, Janet (1938– )




Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Act




Ruby Ridge




Ruger, William Batterman (Bill) (1916–2002)




Russia




Safety for Women and Responsible Motherhood (SWARM)




San Bernardino, California, Shooting




Sandy Hook School Shooting




Saturday Night Special




Sawed-Off Shotgun




Schools and Guns




Schubert v. DeBard (1980)




Schumer, Charles E. (1950– )




(Dred) Scott v. Sandford (1857)




Second Amendment




Second Amendment Committee (SAC)




Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)




Second Amendment Foundation v. City of Renton (1983)




Second Amendment Sisters




Shotgun News




Sklar v. Byrne (1984)




Small Arms Review




Smart Guns




Smith and Wesson




Smith v. United States (1993)




Soldier of Fortune




Sonzinsky v. United States (1937)




Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI)




Sporting Purposes Test




Stand Your Ground laws




Staples v. United States (1994)




State Firearms Preemption Laws




State v. Boyce (1983)




State v. Kerner (1921)




State v. Kessler (1980)




State v. Rosenthal (1903)




Stevens v. United States (1971)




Stockton, California, Shooting




Stop Handgun Violence (SHV)




Straw Purchases




Student Pledge Against Gun Violence




Sugarmann, Josh (1960– )




Suicide




Sullivan Law




Survivalism




Switzerland




Taggants




Texas Tower Shooting




Third Way




Thompson, Linda (1952–2009)




Tiahrt Amendment




Tommy Gun




The Trace




Trigger Locks




Tucson, Arizona Shooting, 2011




The Turner Diaries




Umpqua Community College Shooting, 2015




Undetectable Firearms Act




United Kingdom




United Nations (UN)




United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA)




United States Conference of Mayors (USCM)




United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA)




United States v. Cruikshank (1876)




United States v. Emerson (2001)




United States v. Freed (1971)




United States v. Lopez (1995)




United States v. Miller (1939)




United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms (1984)




United States v. Powell (1975)




United States v. Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez (1990)




United States v. Tot (1942)




United States v. Warin (1976)




United States-Mexico Gun Trade




Violence Policy Center (VPC)




Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP)




Violent Crime Rate




Virginia Tech Shooting




Volkmer, Harold Lee (1931–2011)




Waco, Texas, Raid




Washington, D.C.




Washington, D.C., Navy Yard Shooting




Watts, Shannon (1973–)




Whitney, Eli (1765–1825)




Winchester, Oliver Fisher (1810–1880)




Wintemute, Garen J. (1951– )




Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV)




Women and Guns




Women and Guns Magazine




Youth and Guns




Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII)




Zimring, Franklin E. (1942– )




Primary Documents




Appendix 1: State Constitutional Gun Rights Provisions




Appendix 2: State Concealed Carry Policies




Appendix 3: List of Organizations




Bibliography