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Amazon, 61 American Outdoors Brands Corporation, 21 American Revolution, 14 Ammoland , 48 Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, 16 antique guns, 38–39 ArmaLite, 16 Armslist.com, 62–64, 67 Australia, 80 background checks and gun sales, 38–40 history of, 36–37 Bass Pro Shops, 31 Bitcoin, 66 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993) and federal licensing, 36–37 and loopholes, 45–46 bump stock, 26, 29 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and federal licensing, 36–38 gun control debate, 35 gun crime statistics, 31, 34, 75 and gun shows, 54–55 See also Firearms Tracing System Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 55, 67 Bush, George W., 34–35, 47–48 politics and, 46–49 See also gun shows statistics on, 77–80 See also loopholes

discussion, 35–36 and gun dealers, 36–38 and gun sales, 39–40 levels of, 36 Firearms Tracing System, 55, 75 Flake, Jeff, 70 Gore, Al, 48 Gunbroker.com, 61 Gun Control Act (1996), 85 gun control debate, 14, 23–24 gun rights and background checks, 70

and buyback programs, 82–83 and national gun registry, 50 and presidential elections, 16 and Sturm, Ruger & Co., 16 gun shows and crime, 54 economics of, 49–53 andmass shootings, 56 overview, 42–43 statistics on, 43–44 See also background checks; loopholes Haughton, Zina Daniel, 67 history of cartridges, 18, 20

early gun companies, 14–15 of guns in America, 11, 13–14 illegal sales and Brady Bill (1993), 77–80 and buyback programs, 80–83 challenges of preventing, 75–77 overview, 72–74 restrictions on, 83–86 interchangeable parts, 14 Kopel, Dave, 46, 48–49 Lapierre, Wayne, 48, 70 logistics, 10, 14 loopholes attempts to close, 45–46 and Bush presidency, 47–48 concerns over, 49, 54 overview, 43, 45 Kerry, John, 48 Kleck, Gary, 83

Cabela’s, 31 Callaway, 17

Chuck’s Guns, 30, 33–34 Civil War, 14, 18, 20–21, 23 Clinton, Bill, 45 Colt, 16, 38 Columbine High School shooting, 56 Conley, David Ray, 67 Craigslist, 61 Cruz, Nikolas, 29 Dayton, Ohio mass shooting, 48 Dick’s Sporting Goods, 29–31 District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), 84

eBay, 60–61 economics

of gun sales, 11 of gun shows, 49–53 See also online sales

Manchin, Joe, 68–70 McMillon, Doug, 28

Economist , 34 El Paso, Texas mass shooting, 28, 48 ersatz weapons, 10, 18, 20 Everytown for Gun Safety, 49, 63–64 Facebook, 61 Federal Firearms License (FFL), 73, 75 federal licensing cost of, 36, 73, 75

Mexico, 27, 54–55 Mother Jones , 67 National Rifle Association (NRA), 16, 29, 48, 70

New Haven Arms Company, 18 New York City Fly Market, 51 New York Stock Exchange, 16

New Zealand, 82 North, Simeon, 14

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