INDEX
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Academics for the Second Amendment
accidental shootings; fatal; international comparison; prevention
active-shooter drills
active-shooter stops
Adams, Ken
African Americans; Black Guns Matter; children; gun acquisition; Heston views; men; suicide; teens; women
age of majority. See legal age for gun purchasing and ownership
AK pistols
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, Oklahoma City
Alpers, Philip
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
American Revolution. See Revolutionary War
American Rifleman
ammunition. See also high-capacity magazines
anticommunism
AR-15
armor-piercing ammunition
army, standing. See national standing army
ArmyLite, Inc.
AR pistols
assassinations
assault weapons; bans; bans (public opinion); Canada; in Newtown school shooting; in Orlando nightclub shooting; in Parkland school shooting; in Port Arthur, Australia, mass shooting
ATF. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Australia
automobiles. See cars
Azrael, Deborah
background checks; Canada; dealer violations; failed bills; Harlon Carter view; international comparison; laws; licensing and; Nevada; online gun sales; public opinion; traditional view; universal
Baltimore
Becoming a Man (BAM) program
Beretta
Bill of Rights. See also First Amendment; Second Amendment
Bill of Rights, English. See English Bill of Rights
black Americans. See African Americans
Black Guns Matter
black markets
Black Panther Party
Brady, Jim
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Brazil
Bryant, Martin
bump stocks, stabilizing braces, etc.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Burger, Warren
burglary
Bush, George H.W.
Bush, George W.
Bush, Jeb
Bushmaster Firearms International
buyback programs. See gun buyback programs
California
Canada
Carlson, Jennifer
Carry Guard (NRA insurance program)
cars; accidents; accidents, fatal; gun violence and; insurance; licensing; speed limits; texting while driving
Carter, Harlon Bronson
Castile, Philando
Center for American Progress
Chicago
children; African American; Native American; suicide; as witnesses to shootings. See also school shootings; teenagers
China
Chubb Limited
Church, William C.
civil unions
Civil War
Clinton, Bill; administration
Cold War
Colombia
Color of Change
Columbine High School, Colorado
community crime and violence intervention
Compact (proposed). See New Second Amendment Compact (proposed)
concealed carry; mass shootings and; permits
Connecticut
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Cornell, Alonzo
Cox, Chris
Crawford, John, III
crime; gun use in; Heston views; self-defense against; video games and. See also mass shootings; murder; school shootings; sexual assault; theft
criminal justice
Cuomo, Andrew
Cure Violence initiative
Daley, Richard J.
Daly, Tim
“dangerous and unusual weapons”
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Dellinger, Walter
Department of Homeland Security. See U.S. Department of Homeland Security
deportation
Deutch, Ted
Dickey, Jay
Dingell, Debbie
Dingell, John
direct mail campaigns
District of Columbia v. Heller
domestic abusers and domestic violence
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (military policy)
driving. See cars
drugs: criminal justice programs; guns and; youth overdose deaths
Eighth Grade
elected lawmakers. See legislators
Eleveld, Kerry
England. See United Kingdom
English Bill of Rights
epidemiology
Everytown for Gun Safety
fake IDs
family violence. See domestic abusers and domestic violence
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
felons; Harlon Carter; justifiable killings
fingerprinting
firearm accessories. See bump stocks, stabilizing braces, etc.; silencers
firearm buyback programs. See gun buyback programs
firearm dealers. See gun dealers
firearm design flaws. See gun design flaws
firearm giveaways and discounts. See gun giveaways and discounts
firearm licensing. See licensing of guns
firearm manufacturers. See gun manufacturers
firearm registration. See gun registration
Firearms Act, 1995 (Canada)
firearm safety. See gun safety
firearm selling and purchasing. See gun selling and purchasing
firearm stockpiling. See stockpiling of guns
firearm theft. See gun theft
firearm training courses. See gun training courses
First Amendment
Florida
founders (“founding fathers”)
Frederick, Karl T.
Fulton, Sybrina
gays and lesbians. See LGBT people
gender gap in gun violence
George Mason University Law School
Germany
Gerney, Arkadi
government spending
Graham, Andy
Great Britain. See United Kingdom
Guatemala
gun accessories. See bump stocks, stabilizing braces, etc.; silencers
gun buyback programs
Gun Control Act of 1968
gun dealers; federal inspections; lawsuits; regulation; theft from. See also gun selling and purchasing
gun design flaws
gun giveaways and discounts
gun licensing. See licensing of guns
gun lobby, Australian
gun lobby, U.S. See also National Rifle Association (NRA)
gun manufacturers; immunity from lawsuits
“gun nerds”
gun ordinances, urban. See urban gun ordinances
gun owners, female. See women gun owners
Gun Owners of America
gun ranges
gun registration; assault weapons; international comparison; Lyndon Johnson; in New Second Amendment Compact (proposed); Supreme Court
gun relinquishment, voluntary. See voluntary relinquishment of guns
guns, loss of. See loss of guns
guns, mail-order. See mail-order guns
gun safety; standards and testing
Guns Down America
gun selling and purchasing; black market; online; Scalia views; waiting periods. See also background checks; gun dealers; interstate gun sales
gun shows
guns, 3-D-printed. See 3-D-printed guns
gun stockpiling. See stockpiling of guns
gun stores. See gun dealers
gun theft. See also
stolen guns gun training courses; international comparison
Guryan, Jonathan
handguns; in accidental shootings; bans; bodily damage caused by; boys and; denial of purchase; design and safety features; high-velocity; licensing and permits; minimum age for buyer; in Republican platform; in RFK assassination; rifle-mimicking; safe storage; Smith & Wesson; training
Hansen, Bill
Hansen, Chris
Hawaii
Heller case. See District of Columbia v. Heller
Hemenway, David: Private Guns, Public Health
Henry, Patrick
Heston, Charlton
high-capacity magazines
high-velocity pistols. See handguns: high-velocity
Hispanic Americans
Hogg, Lauren: #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line
homicide; concealed carry and; gun homicide statistics; “justifiable”; reduction; stand-your-ground laws and; UK. See also accidental shootings: fatal; murder; suicide
homophobia
Howard, John
hunting
Idaho
identification, fake. See fake IDs
identity and gun ownership. See social identity and gun ownership
Illinois Supreme Court
India
individual rights. See also Bill of Rights
Institute for Legislative Action
insurance
international comparison of gun violence. See also Australia
interstate gun sales
intervention, community. See community crime and violence intervention
Iraq War
Israel
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Japan
Jefferson, Thomas
Jews
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Journal of Urban Health
“justifiable homicide.” See homicide, “justifiable”
Keenan, Joseph
Keene, David
Kennedy, John F., assassination of
Kennedy, Robert F., assassination of
King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of
knife attacks
Lacombe, Matthew
Lankford, Adam
LaPierre, Wayne
Las Vegas mass shooting, October 2017
Latinos. See Hispanic Americans
lawmakers. See legislators
lawsuits
legal age for gun purchasing and ownership
legislators; “thoughts and prayers” response to shootings
LGBT people; marriage equality movement. See also homophobia; transgender people
liability insurance. See insurance
licensing of guns; Australia; early NRA views; international comparison; in New Second Amendment Compact (proposed); public opinion
local governments. See also urban gun ordinances
lockdown drills
Lockton Affinity
Loesch, Dana
London, England
lost guns
machine guns
Madison, James
magazines, high-capacity. See high-capacity magazines
mail-order guns
Manchin, Joe
manufacturers. See gun manufacturers
March for Our Lives
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
marksmanship. See also gun ranges
marriage equality movement
Martin, Trayvon
Massachusetts
mass media
mass shootings; Australia; Columbine; domestic violence and; Las Vegas; Montreal; Newtown; Orlando; Parkland; research. See also lockdown drills; “thoughts and prayers” response to shootings
Materialise
McConnell, Mitch
McVeigh, Timothy
media, NRA’s; blamed for gun violence. See also mass media; social media; talk radio
mentally ill or unstable people; Port Arthur shooting
Metaksa, Tanya
Mexican Americans
Mexico
military-style assault weapons. See assault weapons
militias; twentieth-century
Missouri
M-16
municipal governments. See local governments
murder: Florida; gun murder rates; handguns in; by Harlon Carter; by intimate partners; of police. See also assassinations; mass shootings
Muslims
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
National Firearms Act (1934)
National Firearms Agreement (Australia)
National Rifle Association (NRA); ATF and; Australia and; author’s gun training course and; Carry Guard (insurance); concealed carry and; direct mail campaigns; Eryn Sepp view; finances; fund-raising; gun violence research ban and; identity and gun ownership; manufacturer immunity and; open carry and; political contributions; protests against; recruiting; U.S. presidents and; TV network; watchdogs. See also American Rifleman
national standing army
Native Americans
#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line (Hogg)
New Second Amendment Compact (proposed)
Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting
New York City
New York State
New York Times
Obama, Barack
Oklahoma City bombing. See Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, Oklahoma City
open carry
Open Secrets
Operation Wetback
Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting
Orth, Franklin L.
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Parkland, Florida, school shooting
Parsons, Chelsea
Patterson, DeJuan
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787. See Constitutional Convention of 1787
pistols. See handguns
police: body armor shortcoming; fatal shootings by; Germany; gun permits and; murder of; NRA views; role in background checks
polls. See public opinion: polls
popular opinion. See public opinion
Port Arthur, Australia, mass shooting
Pride events
prison
Private Guns, Public Health (Hemenway)
product testing
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA)
psychiatric exams
Public Health, Private Guns (Hemenway). See Private Guns, Public Health (Hemenway)
public opinion; Australia; polls
public shaming
Pulse nightclub shooting. See Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting
racism
Ranta, Kate
rape. See sexual assault
Reagan, Ronald
Reckford, Milton
registration of guns. See gun registration
Remington Arms Company; Bushmaster subsidiary
Republican Party
research; government funding
Revolutionary War
Rice, Tamir
rifles, assault. See assault weapons
rifles, short-barreled. See short-barreled rifles
rights, individual. See individual rights
“right to bear arms” (phrase)
robbery self-defense
Robinson, Rashad
Rubio, Marco
Ryan, Paul
San Bernardino, California, mass shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut
sawed-off shotguns
Scalia, Antonin
schools: disciplinary action for possession of guns; right to allow guns; right to prohibit guns
school shootings; Canada; Germany; UK
Sculpteo
Second Amendment; open carry and; Scalia views; U.S. Congress and. See also New Second Amendment Compact (proposed)
The Second Amendment: A Biography (Waldman)
security guards
self-defense; George Zimmerman acquittal grounds
semiautomatic weapons; Australian ban; in mass shootings; in New Second Amendment Compact (proposed)
Sepp, Eryn
serial numbers
sexual assault
shaming, public. See public shaming
Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show
shooting matches. See shooting sports
shooting ranges. See gun ranges
shootings, accidental. See accidental shootings
shootings, mass. See mass shootings
shootings, school. See school shootings
shooting sports and target shooting
short-barreled rifles
shotguns
silencers
Skogan, Wesley
Slutkin, Gary
Smith, Laura
Smith & Wesson
social identity and gun ownership
social media. See also Facebook
Soviet Union
sport shooting. See hunting; shooting sports
stalkers and stalking
standing army. See national standing army
“stand-your-ground” laws
state courts
state laws; assault weapon bans; insurance; open carry; permits and licensing; safe storage requirement; Supreme Court upholding of
stockpiling of guns
stolen guns
Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida. See Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
suicide; Australia; children; guns in the home and; international comparison; LGBT people; liability insurance and; mentally ill people
Supreme Court, U.S. See U.S. Supreme Court
Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) program
talk radio
teenagers; accidental fatal shootings by; African American; fear of school shootings; murder by; suicide. See also Martin, Trayvon
terrorism
texting while driving
theft. See burglary; gun theft
ThinkProgress
“thoughts and prayers” response to shootings
3-D-printed guns
Toomey, Patrick
Toure, Maj
toy manufacturers: product testing
traffic accidents. See cars: accidents
transgender people
Trayvon Martin Foundation
Trump, Donald
United Kingdom
urban gun ordinances
U.S. Congress; assault weapon bans; background-check bill; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; eighteenth century; Florida congressmen; gun safety and; gun violence research ban; manufacturer immunity law. See also Gun Control Act of 1968
U.S. Constitution. Bill of Rights. See Bill of Rights
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
USSR. See Soviet Union
U.S. Supreme Court; gay and lesbian marriage; Scalia
Venezuela
Vermont
veterans
video games and violent crime
“violence interrupters.” See community crime and violence intervention
voluntary relinquishment of guns. See also gun buyback programs
Waldman, Michael: The Second Amendment
Washington, DC; junk gun regulation; sniper attacks, 2002
weapons, “dangerous and unusual.” See “dangerous and unusual weapons”
Webster, Noah
Wills, Garry
Wingate, George
Wolfson, Evan
women gun owners
women victims of gun violence
youths. See teenagers
Zimmerman, George