Abnormally dangerous activity, 306-08
Abortion, 87,
202-03, 266, 306
Accidents, 7, 11-12, 40, 64, 91-103, 105, 293, 298, 300, 309-17; children, 93-95, 97-103, 293, 309-17; concealed handgun law effects, 44; costs, 104; gun density relation, 92, 98; handgun effects, 92-93; hunting, 94-96; locations, 94;target shooting, 96; times of, 95. See alsoDesign of firearms; Personalized firearms; Storage of firearms.
Adams v. Williams, 172-74, 177
Advertising. See Marketing of firearms
Afghanistan, 197
African-Americans. See Race, Slavery.
African Greys, 238
Age: crime victims, 64, 249, 251, 254-55, 257, 284; criminals, 69-70, 73-74, 278-79; gun owners, 40, 124-25, 196, 281
Air Florida, 341-42
Airguns, 54
Air Line Pilots Association, 144-45
Airplanes, 112; armed pilots, 144-45
Alabama, 242, 247, 283, 285
Alarms, 36, 235
Alaska, 145, 212, 283, 285
Alba, Richard, 109
Alcohol, 50, 96, 105, 290, 305, 311, 314, 319, 322, 324, 334, 341, 345
Alfred the Great, 165
Alien & Sedition Acts, 209
Amar, Akhil, 176, 210
American Association of Retired Persons, 319
American Civil Liberties Union, 276
American Library Association v. Pataki, 318-19
American Revolution, 134-35, 146, 191, 201-02, 208, 234, 252-53. See alsoDeclaration of Independence
American Shooting Sports Council, Inc. v. Attorney General, 317
Ammunition, 55, 165, 237, 309, 315, 347; annual production, 53. See alsoMagazines
Andrews v. State, 213-18
Ann Arbor, Mich., 129
Appian Way, 113-14
Aristotle, 122, 130, 133, 136
Arizona, 283, 285
Arkansas, 74, 164, 221, 241, 258, 283, 285, 334
Armijo v. Excam, Inc., 289
Arrest rates, 50
"Arms" protected by right to arms. See Types of arms protected by right to arms
Army. See Standing army
Arnold v. City of Cleveland, 227-33
Arson, 245
Artillery, 182, 195-96, 224, 239. See alsoTypes of arms protected by right to arms
Asbestos, 297-98
Asheville, North Carolina, 275
Assault, 9, 15, 24, 44, 96, 259, 264, 335; concealed handgun law effect, 44; data, 248; homicide relationship, 66-67
"Assault weapons", 169, 182, 189, 203, 227-33, 299, 303, 305, 311, 325-33, 351
Assembly, right to. See First Amendment; United States v. Cruikshank
Asians, Asian-Americans, 249, 277, 282.See alsoJapan, Race
Assize of Arms, 165
Associated Press poll, 276
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 26
Atlanta, 268
Australia, 71-72, 257
Automatics. See Machine guns
Automobiles, 290, 311-12, 345; carjacking, 5; compared and contrasted to firearms, 60,105, 275, 292, 296, 310-11, 314, 322, 345; theft, 41, 44, 46,109
Avrich, Paul, 160
Aymette v. State, 221, 226
Ayoob, Massad, 9-10
Ayres, Ian, 46
Background checks, 189, 196-97, 202. See alsoNational Instant Check System
Baltimore, 311
Bankruptcy, 332, 346
Barlow, Joel, 125-28
Barnett, Randy, 145-46, 245
Barron v. Baltimore, 156
Bartolucci, Alfred A., 282
Bassin, Alana, 267-76
Bates, Daisy, 241
Bazookas. See Artillery
BB guns. See Airguns.
Bea, K., 333
Beccaria, Cesare, 118-19, 121
Bennett, George, 124
Beretta firearms, 300, 314-15, 321
Biathlon, 55
Bibb v. Navajo Trucking Freight Lines, Inc., 318
Bicycles, 97
Bill of Rights, 156, 182, 190-91, 193, 198, 232, 239-40. See alsoindividual amendments
Billy clubs, 217, 222, 225-27
bin Laden, Osama, 144. See alsoAirplanes, Terrorism, Tyranny
Birmingham, 247
Bittker, Boris I., 318
Black, Dan, 48-49
Black Codes, 239, 241, 243-44
Black powder firearms, 55
Blacks. See Race; Slavery
Blackman, Paul, 299-300
Blackmun, Harry, 174-75
Blackstone, William, 144, 165
Bliss v. Commonwealth, 219
Blunt weapons, 73; homicide 61, 248. See alsoBilly clubs; Brass knuckles; Types of arms protected
Bodin, Jean, 133-35
Bogus, Carl T., 176, 245-53
Bordua, David, 23
Boston, 238, 312-13, 335, 348
Bogalusa, Louisiana, 242
Boyles-Sprenkel, Carolee, 58
Brady, Sarah & James, 170
Brady Act, 51, 136, 175-76, 266. See alsoWaiting periods
Brady Campaign, 52-53, 354
Brady Center, 94, 192
Branscombe, Nyla R., 274
Brass knuckles, 221-22
Brent, David, 87
Bridgeport, Connecticut, 334, 340-41
Britain. See United Kingdom.
British Home Office, 72
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 241
Brown, Richard Maxwell, 252
Brown, Wendy,176
Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Auth., 319
Brown v. Board of Education, 306
Bryant,Martin, 257
Bryco, 300
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 299-300, 318, 320, 323-24, 328, 346, 352-53. See alsoTraces of firearms
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 61, 70, 73, 75,112, 284
Bureau of the Census. See Census Bureau
Burglary, 2, 5-7, 34, 36, 65, 109-10, 269, 294; home invasion, 38-39; storage law effect, 100
Burke, Debra, 269, 275
Burma, 318
Bush, George H.W., 299
California, 23, 47, 52, 69, 72, 95, 102, 258, 283, 285, 314-15, 325-34; gun laws, 76, 98-99, 212, 245, 296, 317, 326.
Calio, Nicholas E., 308
Cambridge, Mass., 129
Canada, 38, 50-51, 64, 70-72; storage laws, 100
Cannon. See Artillery
Carpenter, Jessica, 102
Carrying of firearms, 33-35, 37-53, 112, 177-78, 213-16, 304; Beccaria, 119; by blacks, 248; by criminals, 70; by juveniles, 70;number of people carrying, 29; by police, 300; and terrorism, 146. See alsoConcealed handgun laws.
Caveny v. Raven Arms, 289
Census Bureau, 13-14, 22, 30, 251, 282, 285. See alsoNational Crime Victimization Survey.
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. See Brady Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 63, 70, 77-78, 80-81, 86, 90-91, 97, 254
Chamber-load indicators, 309-10, 314-15, 349
Charlottesville, Virginia, 129
Charter Arms, 307
Chemical sprays, 10-11
Chicago, 160, 172, 311, 334-36
Child Access Prevention laws, 98-102. See alsoAccidents.
Chip twigglies, 312. See alsoPersonalized firearms
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 113-14, 119-20
Cigarettes. See Tobacco
Cincinnati, 238-39, 334, 340
Citizenship and arms, 122-27
City of Salina v. Blaksley, 218-22
Claremore, Oklahoma, 164
Clarke, Stevens H., 63-70, 73, 75, 77
Class, 276-87; disarming poor people, 120, 218, 244, 262, 301; gun injury, 235; gun ownership, 235; neighborhood safety, 235. See also Income
Classes. See Training
Cleveland, 227-33
Clodius (Publius Clodius Pulcher), 113-14
Cohen, Dov, 286
Collecting of firearms, 1, 55, 58-59, 170-71, 323
Colorado, 5, 74, 232, 258, 283, 285, 347
Communitarians, 128-30
Concealed handgun laws, 37-53, 244, 266; "need"-based laws, 262-64; training requirements, 10; and women, 263-64
Concord, Mass., 234
Congress, 136, 174, 207, 209-10, 244, 302, 318-19; militia powers, 158, 164, 193, 199; Senate Judiciary Committee, 300. See alsoSeparation of powers
Congressional Research Service, 26, 333
Connecticut, 98-99, 172-73, 272, 282, 285, 334, 340-41
Connor, Bull, 247
Constitution of United States, 141-43; art. I, sect. 1, 298-99; art. I, sect. 8, 158, 164, 170, 175-76, 193, 199-200, 203, 318-19; art. I, sect. 9, 193; art. I, sect. 10; art. III, 178; art. III, sect. 3, 200; art. IV, sect. 2, 245; art. VI, sect. 2, 318; dormant Commerce Clause, 318-19, 343-44. See alsoSeparation of Powers; individual amendments
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 292-93, 298, 316-18
Continental Congress, 134
Conyers, Georgia, 74, 258
Cook, Philip J., 26-32, 103-04
Cooley, Thomas, 167
Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 319
Cornell, Saul, 180, 204-10
Costs of crime. See Economic effects
Cottrol, Robert J., 176, 236-43, 246-50, 277-80, 285
Cox Newspapers, 328
Cramer, Clayton E., 212-13, 232, 244
Cress, Lawrence, 177
Crime levels, 61-62, 260; relationship to gun ownership levels, 68-69. See alsoparticular crimes.
Crime statistics, data issues, 71-72; Defensive homicides. 62. See alsoTraces of firearms.
Crimes with guns. See particular names of crimes.
Criminal convictions and gun ownership laws, 24, 120-21 124, 172, 174-75, 183, 196; gun misuse by people with convictions, 75-76
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Counsel, 318
Cruikshankcase. See United States v. Cruikshank
Cruikshank, William, 239
Cullum and Boren-McCain Mall, Inc. v. Peacock, 314
"Culture of Honor", 286-87
Cummings, Homer, 181, 184, 187
Cummings, Peter, 99
Curran, David K., 88
Curtis, Michael Kent, 157
Daisy air guns, 54
Dallas, 107
Dealers, 305, 320-25, 339
Decision-Making Information, 23
Deacons for Defense and Justice, 242, 247-48, 252
Death penalty, 87, 135
Declaration of Independence, 116, 142-43, 193, 201-02
Defective products. See Products liability no no
Defensive Gun Use (DGU), 2, 64-65; accidents in, 96; effectiveness of, 262-63; frequency, 2, 12-33; storage law effects 99-103. See alsoDeterrence.
Delaware, 98-99, 210, 283, 285
Delahanty v. Hinckley, 296, 301, 305
Denmark, 85-86
Denning, Brannon P., 128-29, 153, 166, 180-81
Department of Justice, 12, 14, 30, 112, 254-55, 284; brief in Millercase, 167-68. See alsoBureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice.
Design defects. See Design of guns
Design of guns, 76, 254, 289-319, 325-31, 335, 345, 348-49. See alsoChamber-load indicators; Magazine disconnects; Personalization technology
Despotism. See Tyranny
Deterrence, 2, 32-53. See alsoBurglary, Carrying of firearms, Self-defense, Tyranny
Diggles v. Horowitz, 334
Diamond, Raymond T., 176, 236-50
Dimsal, Thomas J., 252
Dirk, 213
Disabled. See Handicapped.
Disarmament. See Prohibition of firearms, Tyranny
Dishonorable discharge, from United States military, 24
Distribution of firearms.See Marketing of firearms
District of Columbia, 144, 172, 283, 285, 311, 341-42
District of Columbia v. Air Florida, 341-42
Dix v. Beretta, 314-15
Docal, Ronald, 170-71
Dogs, 36, 50
Domestic violence, 15, 74-75, 120-21, 124, 170, 181-86, 189, 259, 264-65, 268, 271-73, 283
Dorfman, Victoria, 120, 218
Douglas, William O., 173-74
Dred Scott case. See Scott v. Sandford
Dunblane, Scotland, 258
Duncan, Otis Dudley, 24
Dunlap, Charles J., Jr., 151
Dwight, Timothy, 125
Dworkin, Ronald, 182
Economic effects of guns, 60, 103-06, 341-46
Eddie Eagle gun safety program, 99
Education and gun ownership, 281. See alsoTraining
Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 47
Elderly, 259-60, 263. See alsoAge
Elmasri, Bonnie, 265
Emersoncase. SeeUnited States v. Emerson
England. See United Kingdom.
Etzioni, Amitai, 128-29, 169-70
Europe contrasted with America, 125-28, 142
Fatalities, 60-84, 257, 283-87. See alsoAccidents; Age; Genocide; Homicides; Mass shootings; Race; Rural/Urban; Sex; Suicides
Fear, 106-12, 269; criminals' fears, 36-37; of government, 142. See alsoTyranny
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 76, 259, 321. See alsoUniform Crime Reports
Federal courts (not including Supreme Court), 166, 177-89; District courts, 272-73, 289, 296, 301, 305, 318-19; D.C. Circuit, 325, 342; Second Circuit, 321, 332; Fifth Circuit, 184-89, 305, 307, 323; Sixth Circuit, 233; Seventh Circuit, 161-63; Ninth Circuit, 177-81, 323
Federal Firearms Licensees. See Dealers
Federalist, The, 141-42, 151-53
Felon-in-possession laws. See Criminal convictions
Ferguson, Colin, 258
Ferri, Gian Luigi, 325-31
F.I.E. Corp., 307
Field, Mervyn, 23
Fife v. State, 221
Fifth Amendment, 170-71, 174
Financial effects of guns. See Economic effects.
Fingerhut, Lois, 284
Finland, 85-86
Firearms. See Guns
Firearms dealers. See Dealers
Firearms manufacturers. See Manufacturers of firearms
Firearms Owners' Protection Act, 323
First Amendment, 105-06, 155-57, 175, 187-88, 190-91, 193, 197-98, 203, 209-10, 221, 306, 318-19; assembly right, 121, 239-40; civil liability, 345-46
Fishing, 207
Fletcher, Andrew, 139-41, 146
Florida, 98-99, 102, 108, 237, 283, 285, 323, 334, 340; concealed handgun law, 39-40, 48-49
Florence, 137
Follett v. McCormick, 105
Fourteenth Amendment, 157-63, 210, 239-40, 274, 306
Fourth Amendment,155172-74, 191, 203-34, 323
France, 126, 133-35, 137
Frankfurter, Felix, 331
Franklin, Benjamin, 210
Free-rider problem, 45-46
Freedom of speech, 133, 135, 202, 303. See alsoFirst Amendment
Frontier, 279, 286-87
Funk, Markus T., 244, 301
Gabor, Thomas, 257
Gage, Thomas, 134
Gallup Poll, 23, 270, 275
Gangs, 201, 243, 248
Gardiner, Richard E., 170, 345-46
Gary, Indiana, 334
Garland, Ann F., 82
Gelig, Olga, 283
Gender. See Sex
General Accounting Office, 310
General Social Survey.See National Opinion Research Center
Genocide, 136
Georgia, 74, 258, 268, 283, 285, 316
Germany, 72, 133, 148
Gertz, Marc, 13-33
Gideon v. Wainright, 306
Gilligan, Carroll, 274
Giuliani, Rudolph, 256
Glendenning, Parris, 103
Glock, 54, 330, 354
Gorman, Linda, 71
Graham, Hugh, 252
Granada Hills, California, 47
Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
Greece, 86, 122, 130-32
Grossjean v. American Press Co., 105
Grotius, Hugo, 115
Gun Control Act of 1968, 76, 244, 267, 299, 322-23
Gun design laws. See Design laws.
Gun owners: characteristics, 3-4, 75-76, 275, 280-83; numbers, 1, 61-63, 84; personality characteristics, 251-52; perceptions of, 274; reasons for owning guns. 1-2, 53-59. See alsoparticular characteristics.
Gun Owners of America, 353-54
Guns, 1-355; numbers of, 1, 18, 61-62, 98, 120, 136
Guns & Ammo magazine, 10
Gunshot wounds. See Wounds.
Gun shows, 325, 350
Gurr, Ted Robert, 252
Halbrook, Stephen P., 160, 176, 210
Hall, Cynthia, 177-80
Hamilton, Alexander, 150-54
Hamilton, Thomas, 257-58
Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp., 321-22
Handicapped, 259-60, 263
Handlin, Oscar, 238
Handgun Control, Inc. See Brady Campaign.
Handguns: compared/contrasted to long guns, 23, 293-95, 304-05; hunting with, 56, 293; misuse data, 61-62, 72, 292-93; ownership rates, 61-62; as unreasonably dangerous products, 291-308. See alsoSmall inexpensive handguns; individual manufacturers
Hardy, David T., 199, 323
Harrington, James, 123, 146
Hart, Gary, 151
Hart, Peter, 23
Hattori, Yoshi, 11
Hattrup, Scott, 212-13, 232
Hawaii, 98-99, 145, 283, 285
Hawkins, Gordon, 66-67
Haymarket Riot, 160
Healy v. Beer Institute, 319
Hell Fire trigger attachment, 331
Hemenway, David, 26-32
Hennard, George, 258
Henigan, Dennis A., 138, 143, 192, 200-02
Heron, Sheryl, 74
Hessians, 135
Hickman v. Block, 177-81
Hinckley, John, 296, 301
Hippodamus, 122
Hirsch, Alan, 153
Hispanics, 249, 277, 281-82. See alsoRace.
Hitler, Adolf, 144. See alsoGenocide, Tyranny, World War II
Hobbes, Thomas, 115-16, 118
Home invasion burglaries. See Burglary.
Homes, guns in, 64-65, 74-77, 88, 136, 294; concealed handgun law effects, 41-44, 47-49; data, 25, 60-66, 71-78; pulling about, 251; rates, 29, 34-35, 84; risks of, 75-76, 92, 259-60, 268; storage patterns, 102; suicide, 84-85. See alsoBurglary, Domestic violence, Homicide.
Homicide, 25, 110-12, 277-80, 283-87, 309-11; concealed handgun law effects, 41-44, 47-49; gun use in, 109, 254, 284, 295; perpetrator/victim data, 25, 60-66, 71-78, 249-50, 254-57, 259, 261, 274, 283-85
Horowitz, David, 255-57
Horwitz, Joy, 111
Howe, William, 134-35
Howitzer. See Artillery.
Huberty, James Oliver, 258
Huguenots, 133
Hungary, 85-86
Hunting, 1-2, 53-54, 56-59, 293, 327-28; accidents, 94-96; right of, 206-07, 212
Idaho, 38, 212, 283, 285
Iga, Mamon, 88
Illegitimacy. See Marriage
Illinois, 23, 69, 158-63, 262, 282, 285, 334
Immigrants, 279
Income, 235, 249, 257, 276-77, 281, 301, 312-13. See alsoClass, Small inexpensive guns
Indiana, 217, 223, 282, 285, 334
Indians, 135, 236-37. See also Frontier
Industrial Revolution, 248-49
Injuries. See Wounds.
Instrumentality theory, 277-78
Insurrectionist theory, 143, 192, 200-02
International Practical Shooting Confederation, 54
Iowa,6, 98-99, 212, 283, 285
Ireland, 86
Irish-Americans, 248-49
Israel, 47
Italian-Americans, 248-49
Italy, 64, 86
Jacobs v. Tyson, 316
Jamaica, 71
Japan, 11, 70-72, 145; suicide, 85-86, 88
Japanese-Americans, 277
Jefferson, Thomas, 119, 121, 125
Jennings pistols, 300
Jim Crow, 236, 240, 246
Johnson, Nicholas J., 266
Jonesboro, Ark., 74, 258
Jonesboro, La., 242
Junction City v. Mevis, 221
Junk food, 341
"Junk guns." See Small inexpensive guns
Kairys, David, 324
Kansas, 218-22, 226, 283, 285
Kaplan, Mark S., 283
Kassel v. Consolidated Freight Line, 318
Kassirer, Jerome P. 77-78
Kates, Don B., 77, 90-91, 138, 144, 169, 176, 191
Katko v. Briney, 6
Keith, William, 252-53
Kellermann, Arthur, 64-65, 74-77, 84-85, 90-91, 274, 283
Kellert, Stephen, 57
Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 295, 299-300, 306
Kennedy, Edward, 111
Kennedy, Robert, 299
Kentucky, 74, 223, 258, 283, 285
Kentucky Chiefs of Police Association, 40
Kercheval, Samuel, 125
"Kill the carjacker" law,5
Killeen, Texas, 258
Kimball, Anne Giddings, 337-45
King, Rodney, 111, 249
King County, Wash., 64-65, 84-85, 90-91
Kitchen v. K-Mart, 334
Klagsbrun, Samuel, 83-84
Kleck, Gary, 6-33, 50-51, 53, 61-62, 65, 67, 71-73, 77, 79, 89-99,109, 299-300
Koltonyuk, Michael, 120, 218
Kopel, David B., 71, 74-76, 88, 100, 130, 136, 138, 140, 144-45, 169, 171, 177, 189, 203, 212-13, 216-18, 220-21, 232-33, 245, 252-53, 265, 299-300, 315-17, 345-46, 354
Knives, 8, 11, 68, 73, 134, 169, 213, 222, 290, 292, 296; homicide data, 61, 248; self-defense efficacy, 262-63. See alsoSwords; Types of arms protected
Kries, August, 146
Kuhns v. Brugger, 316
Ku Klux Klan, 240, 242, 246-47
Kwasny, Mark, 146
Lady Smith handgun, 269
Larceny, 41, 44
Lane, Roger, 248-49
Larish, Inge Anne, 258-67, 272
Laser sights, 309
Lautenberg Amendment, 267
Lawn darts, 292-93, 298
Lawsuits. See Torts
Layton, Frank, 163-64, 168
Lebanon, 198
Lehr und Wehr Verein, 160. See also Presser v. Illinois
Leviathan. See Hobbes
Levinson, Sanford, 176, 200, 208
Levitt, Steven, 46
Lewis v. United States, 174-75
Lexington, Mass., 234
Licensing of gun owners, 24, 196-97, 202, 228, 262. See alsoConcealed handgun laws
Limits on gun purchases. See Rationing of firearms.
Literacy tests, 10
Little, Christopher C., 130
Little Rock, Ark., 241
Littleton, Colorado, 74, 258
Livy, Titus, 137
Load indicators. See Chamber load indicators
Locke, John, 116-18, 121, 208
Locks. See Storage.
LoJack, 45-46
Long Island, N.Y., 258
Lorcin Engineering Co., 346
Los Angeles, 111, 245-46, 248-49
Los Angeles Times, 23.
Lott, John R., Jr., 37-53, 100-01, 250-51
Louisiana, 5, 69, 212, 242, 283, 285, 316, 347
Ludwig, Jens, 26-32, 103-04
Lund, Nelson, 170
Lynching, 240-41
Mace. See Chemical sprays.
Machiavelli, Nicolo, 123-24, 132-33, 137-38
Machine guns, 163, 169, 196, 203, 224, 331, 349
Madison, James, 141-42, 212
Magazine disconnects, 310,3-14
Magazines (for ammunition), 233, 309, 327, 349, 351
Maier, Pauline, 143
Malcolm, Joyce, 176
Maine, 48, 212, 282, 285
Malaysia, 135
"Make my day" law, 5
Manufacturers of firearms, 105, 234, 253-56, 267-70, 272, 289, 296, 302, 307-55. See alsoDesign of firearms; Torts, individual companies
Mariel boat lift, 48
Marketing of firearms, 50, 253-55, 297, 307-08, 348, 350-55; by Navegar, 325-34; negligence, 311, 320-35; oversupply theory, 321-22, 324, 336; to women, 111, 234, 267-70
Marksuh, Robert E., 282
Marriage, 256-57, 279-80
Martial arts, 10-11
Maryland, 98-99, 145, 212, 283, 285, 288, 295, 304, 306, 311, 317
Mason, George, 194, 246, 252-53
Mass shootings, 46-47, 257-58, 325-33. See alsoConcealed handgun laws; School shootings, Schoolteachers
Massachusetts, 129, 144, 212, 238, 282, 285, 317
McCarthy v. Olin Corp., 332
McClurg, Andrew J., 33, 48-51, 82-87, 97, 99, 101-02, 110-11, 136, 169, 202, 291-97, 302-05, 316, 320
McDonald's, 258
McDowall, Eugene E., 88
McPhee, John A., 151
McPherson, James M., 221
McReynolds, James, 163-64, 169, 221-22
McVeigh, Timothy, 201
Media, 97, 110, 309, 329; and women, 270, 275-76. See alsoFirst Amendment
Medical care. See Economic effects; Wounds
Medicare, 337
Memphis, 84-85, 240-41
Mendola v. Sambol, 316
Mental illness, 75-76, 196, 334
Merced, California, 102
Mercy, James A., 274, 283
Merrill v. Navegar, 325-34
Messner, Steven, 109-10
Mfume, Kweisi, 255
Miami, 334, 340
Michigan, 129, 167, 221, 282, 285
Miles v. Olin Corp., 305
Militia, 113,146, 151-53, 155, 167, 192-94, 199, 201, 203-04, 207-09, 237-38; black militias, 238, 240-41, 243, 245-46; citizen militia advantages, 122-30, 137-47; citizen militia disadvantages, 147-54; lower federal court discussion, 178-79, 184-85; neo-militias, 138, 161; reserve militia, 159; select militia, 151-54, 168, 207; and slavery, 236-37, 244-47, 250, 252-53; statutory definition, 160; state court discussion, 213-24; Supreme Court discussion, 159, 165-68, 173-77; and terrorism, 145-46, 151; unorganized militia, 195; and women, 123, 166-67, 196, 268. See alsoNational Guard, Second Amendment, Training
Militia Act. See Uniform Militia Act
Millercase. See United States v. Miller
Miller, Jack, 163-64, 168
Milo, Titus Annius, 113-14
Minnesota, 98-99, 212, 283, 285
Mississippi, 47, 74, 241-42, 244, 258, 283, 285
Missouri, 283, 285
Montana, 57, 252, 285
Morality of guns and gun use, 12, 103, 289. See alsoNatural Law; Right of Resistance; Right of Self-Defense; Vigilantism; Chapter 3.
Morgan, Edmund S., 150
Mosher v. Dayton, 228
Murder. See Homicide
Muskets, 214, 221, 237
Nagin, Daniel, 48-49
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 172, 235, 241, 253-57
National Center for Health Statistics, 255
National Crime Survey, 6-8
National Crime Victimization Survey, 13-15, 18, 22, 25, 28, 33, 67-68
National Education Association, 319
National Firearms Act of 1934, 163-64, 176-77
National Guard, 153-54, 194-95, 199
National Instant Check System, 76, 266, 321
National Institute of Justice, 27, 77
National Integrated Ballistics Identification Center, 352
National Opinion Research Center, 1, 270, 276, 280-83
National Rifle Association, 53, 77, 99, 110-11, 202, 267-70, 272, 275, 302, 318-19, 323, 325. See alsoEddie Eagle
National Safety Counsel, 98
National Self-Defense Survey, 13-32
National Sporting Goods Association, 56
National Survey of Private Ownership of Firearms, 24, 27-28, 31-32
Natural Law,4, 113-18, 208, 244-45. See alsoRight of resistance, Right of self-defense
Navegar, 325-33
Nebraska, 212, 283, 285
Negligence, 253, 255, 289, 297, 311, 316, 320-34. See alsoMarketing of firearms
Nevada, 40, 212, 283, 285
New England Journal of Medicine, 77-78
New Hampshire, 212, 282, 285
New Jersey, 69, 98-99, 212, 282, 285
New Mexico, 212, 281-83, 285, 289
New Orleans, 347
New York, 52, 212, 258, 262, 273, 282, 285, 319, 321-22
New York City, 60,109, 144, 256, 273
New York Times, 245-46, 329, 345-46
New York Times v. Sullivan, 345-46
New Zealand, 71
Ninth Amendment, 170-71, 191
North Carolina, 40, 69, 98-99, 212, 275, 283, 285
North Dakota, 212, 283, 285
Ohio, 23, 223, 227-33, 238-39, 282, 285, 289, 323, 325, 334, 340
Oklahoma, 164, 283, 285
Oligarchy, 130-31
Olin Corp., 305, 332
Oliver, Philip D., 302-05
Olson, Joseph E., 71, 99, 138, 203
Olson, Sarah L., 337-45
Olympics, 54
One-gun-a-month laws. See Rationing of firearms.
Oregon, 74, 84, 217, 222-27, 232, 258, 283, 285
Overbreadth doctrine, 221
Owen, Susan, 274
Paducah, Ky., 74, 258
Pahl, Jorg J., 83.
Paine, Thomas, 134-35, 144
Palestine Liberation Organization, 47
Palko v. Connecticut, 161
Paris, 133-34
Parker, Robert M., 186-88
Patterson, Gary, 68
Pavlides v. Niles Gun Show, Inc., 325
Peairs, Rodney and Bonnie, 11
People's Rights Organization, Inc. v. Columbus, 233
People v. Brown, 221
Pearl, Mississippi, 47, 74, 258
Pennsylvania, 47-48, 74, 144, 212, 281-82, 285, 316, 334; history, 205-10, 238, 252-53
Pepper sprays. See Chemical sprays
Perkins v. F.I.E. Corp., 307
Perpich v. Department of Defense, 153-54, 199
Perry, H.W., Jr., 172
Personalized guns, 189, 291, 308-19, 336, 348-49, 354; costs, 312-13
Phallic symbols, 268, 275
Philadelphia, 238, 323, 334
Plato, 122,130-32
Pockock, J.G.A., 123
Polesky, Joelle E., 161
Police, 37, 121, 129, 136, 244, 249, 279, 295, 304, 346-47, 353-54; backup guns, 300; and blacks, 238, 250-51, 256-57;militarization, 128-29; no duty to provide protection, 260, 273; numbers, 260; personalized guns, 310, 313; protection by, 7, 234, 272-73; and riots, 238; and women, 263, 265
Polls, 1, 303; of criminals, 36-37; fear of crime, 106; gun control support, 235, 251, 276; reasons for owning guns, 1. See alsoBordua; Field, Defensive Gun Use; Gallup; Gun owners; Hart; Los Angeles Times; Mauser; Police Information; Tarrance
Polston, Mark D., 323
Pompey, Gnaeus Magnus, 114
Pornography, 276
Port Arthur, Australia, 257
Posse Comitatus, 237
Pound, Roscoe, 201
Poverty. See Class, Income
Powe, L.A., Jr., 135
Praetorians, 132, 135
President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 106-07
Price, James H., 251
Private sales of firearms, 76
Product liability, 288-308, 311-16, 326, 333-36; handgun risk/utility analysis, 289-308, 326, 333. See alsoAbnormally dangerous activity; Design of firearms, Torts
Prohibition of firearms, 3, 12, 21-22, 128-30, 143-44, 172, 182, 189, 202, 250, in American Revolution, 252-53; by administrative agencies, 298-99; for blacks, 237-45; by cities, 311; court decisions, 213-33; and dictators, 130-46; of handguns, 173-74; historical opposition to, 206-07; by lawsuits, 291-308, 331-32, 354; and women, 264. See also "Assault weapons"
Providence, R.I., 238
Presser v. Illinois, 158-63, 167, 172
Printz v. United States, 175-77
Property crimes, 43-45. See alsoLarceny.
Public health, 77-78, 308-11
Public nuisance, 335-36
Pullen, Eric A., 170
Quillici v. Village of Morton Grove, 161-63
Rabban, David M., 209
Race, 69, 234-58, 277-82, 306, crime perpetration, 69, 256-57; gun ownership, 235, 281-82, 286; hunting participation, 58; income, 277; victimization rates, 235, 251, 254-55, 257, 284, 286. See alsoAsians, Fourteenth Amendment, Hispanics, Indians, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Reconstruction, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment
Randolph, A. Philip, 241
Rape, 5, 15, 264, 273; concealed handgun law effects, 44, 48-49; data, 248, 259; gun use in, 109; storage law effects, 100
Raven Arms, 289, 300
Rationing of firearms, 76, 189, 323-24
Reagan, Ronald, 296
Reay, Donald, 64-65
Reconstruction, 236. See alsoFourteenth Amendment, Race, Slavery
Recreational gun use, 53-59, 293-94, 328; right to, 212. See alsoHunting, Target Shooting
Registration of firearms, 189
Rehnquist Court, 177
Reloading, 55. See alsoAmmunition.
Republicans, 40, 239
Resistance to crime, 1-4, 6-32; efficacy, 8-9; force usable,4-5, 286-87; women's issues, 258-76. See alsoDefensive gun use
Restatement of Torts, 306-08, 324-25, 333
Reuter, Peter, 26
Reynolds, Glenn Harlan, 129, 169, 189-99, 202-03, 217. See alsoStandard Model
Rhode Island, 238, 282, 285
Rifles, 214, 221, 293-95, 299; short rifles, 163
Right to Carry handgun laws. See Concealed handgun Laws.
Right of resistance to tyranny, 116-18, 141-44, 192-93, 208, 241; Department of Justice view on, 167-68. See alsoTyranny
Right of self-defense, 113-22, 212-13, 216-18, 223, 252; as "taking the law into one's hands", 122, 252
Riots, 111, 160, 238-41, 245-46, 249.
Risk perceptions, 91-92, 112
Riss v. New York, 273
Rivara, Frederick P., 99
Robbery,5, 8-9, 12, 36, 41, 66; data, 61-62, 248, 259; defensive handguns in stores, 294, 304; gun use in, 109; international comparison, 66-67; storage law effects, 100
Roe v. Wade, 306
Roman Republic and Empire,113-14, 123-24 132-35,137-39
Romero v. National Rifle Assoc., 325
Rossi, Peter H., 34-37, 45
Rural/Urban issues,40, 257, 262; Concealed handgun law effects, 41; gun ownership, 276, 282, 286; victimization rates, 284, 286
Russellville, Ark., 258
Salina v. Blaksley. See City of Salina v. Blaksley
San Francisco, 325-31
Santarelli, Donald E., 308
San Ysidro, California, 258
"Saturday Night Specials". See Small inexpensive guns.
Schauer, Frederick, 202
Schenck v. United States, 306
School shootings, 47, 74, 109, 258
Schoolteachers, 47, 74
Scotland. See United Kingdom
Scott v. Sandford, 124, 306
Seattle, 50-51, 64-65, 84-85, 90-91, 107
Second Amendment, 105-06, 121, 127, 155-213, 221-22, 237, 239-40, 252-53, 274, 302, 317, 346; Cooley and, 167; obsolescence, 197-98, 253; purpose clause, 199; and race, 236-53 state's rights interpretation, 168-69, 179; and women, 258-68. See alsoFederal courts Militia; Standard model; Supreme Court; case names
Security guards, 235
Seizure of Arms Act, 124
Self-defense. See Defensive gun use, Natural law, Right of resistance, Right of self-Defense, Vigilantism
Seltzer, Frederic, 87
Senturia, Yvonne, 102, 282
Separation of Powers, 298-302, 305-06, 314, 317-19, 343-47
Sex, 75, 258-76, 278, 286; gun ownership, 235, 269-70, 274-76, 283, 286; income, 277; suicide, 80, 82; victimization data, 235, 251, 254, 257-59, 268-69, 283. See alsoRape
Sexual assault. See Rape
Shall Issue handgun carry laws. See Concealed handgun laws
Sharpton, Al, 256
Shays's Rebellion, 208-09
Shelby County, Tenn., 84-85, 90-91
Sheley, Joseph, 69-70
Sherrill, Robert, 244
Shine, Eva H., 299
Shotguns, 214, 293-95, 303-04; short shotguns, 163-64, 168, 173, 178
Sierra Club, 319
SigArms, 309
Siloam Springs, Ark., 164
Silverman, Ira J., 257
Simmons, Gene, 258
Sixth Amendment, 306
Skiing, 55, 59, 275, 297, 347
Skogan, Wesley, 110
Slavery, 117, 124, 141, 236-37, 239-40, 244-47, 250, 252-53; slave patrols, 237
Slippery slope theory, 202-03
Sloan, John Henry, 50-51
Small inexpensive guns, 169, 295-302, 311; accidents, 92-93; and race, 244
"Smart guns." See Personalized guns
Smilie, John, 207
Smith, Adam, 140, 147-51, 165
Smith & Wesson, 269-70, 275, 312-13; settlement with Boston, 335, 347-54
Smith, Andrew O., 308
Smith, Tom W. & Robert J., 276, 280. See alsoNational Opinion Research Center
Smokers. See Tobacco
Somalia, 198
South, The, 237, 239-47, 279-80, 286. See alsoindividual states
South Carolina, 40, 283, 285
South Dakota, 283, 285
Southern Pac. Co. v. Arizona, 318
Soviet Union, 1
Sparta, 139
Spooner, Lysander, 244-45
Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute, 53
Springfield Armory, Inc. v. Columbus, 233
Springfield, Oregon, 74, 258
Stalin, Josef, 144. See alsoGenocide, Tyranny, World War II
Standard Model, 189-210. See alsoReynolds; Second Amendment
Standing army, 113, 139-42, 146, 151-52, 165, 191, 197-98, 206-07, 247; constitutional restrictions, 158, 218-19
Stange, Mary Zeiss, 58
Stanley v. Joslin, 316
State Constitutions. See particular states and cases
State v. Duke, 221
State v. Kessler, 217, 222-27
State v. Workman, 221-22
Steenies, Gail, 102
Stillion, Judith M., 88
Stolen guns. See Theft of firearms
Storage of firearms, 3, 50, 59, 94-95, 99, 189, 314-16, 339, 350; locks, 103, 317, 348; practices, 102-03; and privacy, 100; self-defense effects, 101-03; storage law effects, 99-100; suicide, 88. See alsoDesign of firearms
Store-owners, 36, 294, 304
Story, Joseph, 176
Straw purchases, 320, 322-23, 350, 352-53
Strom, Kevin J., 70, 73, 112
Strossen, Nadine, 276
Substitution effects, 39, 73; in suicide, 85-90
Suburbs. See Rural/Urban issues
Suicide, 2, 78-91, 334; and age, 80-84, 86-88; attempts, 88; historical data, 79; international comparisons, 64; personalized guns, 309-10; and race 81-82; and sex, 80-82, 87; storage law effects, 99-100
Supenski, Leonard J., 327-28
Supreme Court, 121, 155-81, 236, 239-40, 306, 318-19, 347. See alsoindividual case names
Sweden, 72
Switzerland, 71, 85-86, 133, 137, 139-40
Swords, 169, 221. See alsoTypes of arms protected
Target shooting, 1, 53-55, 58-59, 293-94, 333; accidents, 96
Tatai, Kichinosuke, 88
Taxation of firearms, 105-06
TEC-9. See Navegar
TEC-DC9. See Navegar
Tennessee, 84-85, 90-91, 144, 192, 213-18, 221, 240-41, 283, 285, 316
Teret, Stephen P., 308-17
Terrorism, 144-46, 188, 201
Texas, 40, 221, 258, 283, 285, 334
Theft of firearms, 58-59, 102, 105, 309-10, 324, 349, 353
Thirteenth Amendment, 247, 250
Thomas, Clarence, 175-77
Thurman v. City of Torrington, 272-73
Timemagazine, 275
Titus Annius Milo. See Milo
Tobacco, 104, 288-89, 298, 305, 336-37, 341, 345-46
Torrington, Conn., 272
Torts, 235, 253-57, 288-355; state restrictions on suits, 6, 295-96, 326, 334-35, 347. See alsoNegligence; Products liability; Public nuisance
Traces of firearms, 299-300, 320, 328, 333, 351-52
Training, 10, 50, 54-55; for children, 93; for gun dealers, 351; for gun owners, 189; militia service, 122, 139-40, 161; for women, 269-70, 275
Trumbull, John, 125
Trump, Donald, 264, 266
Turks, 133
Tushnet, Mark, 210-11
Types of arms protected by right to arms, 164, 169, 195-96, 203, 214, 216-17, 221-33. See also "Assault weapons"
Tyranny, 113, 118, 123, 130-47, 168, 191-93, 197-202, 213, 226. See alsoInsurrectionary theory, Right of resistance
Ultrahazardous activity. See Abnormally dangerous activity
Undersupply of firearms, 46
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Soviet Union.
Uniform Crime Reports, 40, 66, 72
Uniform Militia Act of 1792, 123, 237-38
United Kingdom, 3, 71-72, 125, 133, 137, 203, 236-37; American Revolution and, 134-35, 142-43; burglary, 38; militia in, 139-40, 165; Northern Ireland, 63, 71; right to arms in, 124, 191, 203, 237; Scotland, 139-40, 147, 257-58; self-defense restrictions and rights, 121, 223; storage laws, 100
United Nations, 66
United States v. Cruikshank, 121, 159, 239-40
United States v. Emerson, 177, 181-89
United States v. Locke, 318
United States v. Miller, 155, 163-66, 217; Department of Justice brief, 167-68, 200; federal court interpretations, 178-82, 184-85, 187; scholarly interpretations, 169-71; Supreme Court interpretations, 171-77
United States v. Moore, 323
United States v. Strach, 323
Urban areas. See Rural/Urban issues.
Utah, 212, 283, 285
Valence v. State, 316
Van Alstyne, William, 176, 193
Vancouver, 50-51
Venice, 137
Vermont, 38, 212, 282, 285
Vernick, Jon S., 308-17
Vetter, Harold J., 257
Vietnam, 197
Vigilantism, 129, 248, 252, 271-72
Virginia, 40, 129, 144-45, 194, 212, 243, 252, 283, 285, 323-24
Viscusi, W. Kip, 112
Volokh, Eugene, 171, 199, 213
Waiting periods, 136, 189, 196-97, 202; and women, 261, 265-66
War of 1812, 146
Warr,Mark, 106-111
Warren Court, 157, 177
Washington, D.C. See District of Columbia
Washington state, 50-51, 64-65, 84-85, 90-91, 283, 285
Weatherup, Roy G., 170
Wells-Barnett, Ida, 240-41
West Virginia, 48, 212, 283, 285
Wheeler, Samuel, C., III, 120, 136
Whiskey Rebellion, 208-09
White, Walter, 241
Whitely, John E., 99-100
William & Mary, 139
Williams, David C., 127, 176
Wintemute, Garen J., 322
Wisconsin, 212, 265, 285
Women, 40-41, 45, 75; right to arms, 123, 166-67, 196, 210, 258-68; suicide, 80-82. See alsoSex
World Bank, 63
World War I, 168
World War II, 145, 249
Wounds, 19-20, 32,60, 65, 67, 98, 292-93, 309; costs, 104; mortality rates, 92; self-defense, 262-63
Wright, James, 34-37, 45, 69-70, 252
Wyoming, 283, 285
Young, Lewis, 251
Zawitz, Marianne W., 70, 73, 112
Zigler, Edward, 82
Zimring, Franklin, 66-68
Zumbo, Jim, 57
