The gun debate : an encyclopedia of gun rights & gun control in the United States / editor, Micah L. Issitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Issitt, Micah L., editor.

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms--Law and legislation--United States--Encyclopedias.

Firearms.

Gun control--United States--Encyclopedias.

Gun control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 683 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Other Title:

Gun debate : an encyclopedia of gun rights and gun control in the United States

Encyclopedia of gun rights and gun control in the United States

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2025]

Contents:

Publisher's Note

Introductory Essay

Chronology

Acknowledgements

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)

Biden, Joseph (Joe) R. (1942- )

Binghamton, New York, Shooting (2009)

Black Codes

Black Lives Matter and "Hands Up, Don't Shoot"

Black Panther Party

Black Talon Bullet

Bliss v. Commonwealth (1822)

Bloomberg, Michael R. (1942- )

Bowling for Columbine

Boxer, Barbara (1940- )

Brady (formerly Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence)

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

Brady, James (1940-2014)

Brady, Sarah (1942-2015)

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 H. W. (1924-2018)

Bush, George W. (1946- )

Canada

Caron v. United States (1998)

Cases v. United States (1942)

The Castle Doctrine

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)

Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)

Children's Defense Fund (CDF)

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

City and State Jurisdiction over Gun Laws

City of Las Vegas v. Moberg (1971)

City of Salina v. Blaksley (1905)

Civil Forfeiture

Civilian Gun Ownership

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 (1929-2019)

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

El Paso, Texas, Walmart Shooting

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church Shooting

Empire State Building Shooting

Everytown for Gun Safety

Farmer v. Higgins (1990)

Fatalities

Federal Registration and Felon Rights

Federalist Papers

Feinstein, Dianne (1933-2023)

Feldman, Richard (1951- )

Firearm Sentence Enhancement (FSE) Laws

Firearms and the United States Supreme Court.

Firearms Coalition

Firearms Owners Against Crime (FOAC)

Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA)

Firearms Used in American Assassinations

Fourteenth Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)

Gang Violence and Guns

German Firearms Laws, 1920s-1930s

Ghost Guns

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 Legislation as a Conspiracy

Gun Modification

Gun Owners

Gun Owners' Action League (GOAL)

Gun Owners of America (GOA)

Gun Rights and Domestic Terrorism

Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC)

Gun Show Purchasing Loophole

Gun Shows

Gun Trafficking

Gun Violence and Mental Health

Gun Week (GW)

Gun World

Guns and Ammo (G&A)

Guns and Domestic Violence

Guns Magazine (GM)

Gunshot Detection Technology (GDT)

Halbrook, Stephen P. (1947- )

Handguns Magazine

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC)

Harder, Chuck (1944-2018)

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....

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-675) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798891791206 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90103149300

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.