The Business of Guns

Obama, Barack, 48 Office of Inspector General (OIG), 38 online sales and background checks, 61–65 concerns over, 64, 66–67 discussion, 58–61, 66 efforts to control, 67–70 Parklandmass shooting, 29 Point Blank (Kleck), 83 Port Arthur Massacre, 80 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005), 34 QR Video campaign against straw purchases, 35 gun show loophole, 54 New Zealand buyback program, 82 online firearm sales, 63 Smith &Wesson Model 629 revolver, 22 recidivists, 42, 55

Smith &Wesson discussion, 14

history of, 18–21 and revolvers, 20–22

Stack, Edward W., 29 statistics

on background checks, 49 on Brady Bill (1993), 77–80 discussion, 60 on gun crime in Chicago, 33–34

on gun crimes, 31–32, 75 on gun sales, 11, 16, 21, 53 on gun sellers, 27 on gun shows and crime, 54–56 on gun shows andmass shootings, 56 on online sales, 59 on recidivism, 63–64, 67 on Remington Arms sales, 23–24 on restrictions, 83–86 on revolvers, 21 straw purchases, 34–35, 54–55 Sturm, Alexander, 14, 16 Sturm, Ruger & Co., 14–17, 21 tariffs, 10, 14 Toomey, Pat, 68–70 Trump, Donald, 49, 70 U.S. Army, 23 U.S. Department of Justice, 38 U.S. Navy, 23 U.S. Supreme Court, 83–84 van Vogt, A. E., 11 Vesel, Jitka, 67 Vince, Joseph, 70 Violence Prevention research Program, 46 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1994), 36–37

Remington, Eliphalet, II, 13, 22 Remington Arms, 11, 13, 22–24 research projects on advertising, 25, 41 on Brady Bill (1993), 86 on business of war, 25 on flea markets, 57 on gun sales and geography, 41

on licensing, 41 on logistics, 25 on loopholes, 57

on online gun sales, 71 on recent gun shows, 57 on restrictions, 86 rifles, 16, 28–29 Ruger, William, 14 Russia, 23 Sandy Hook school shooting, 24, 56 Science , 85 Second Amendment, 29 Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, 49, 52 Silk Road, 66 Smirno, Demetry, 67 Smith, Horace, 18

Virginia Tech Shooting, 56 Volcanic Repeating Arms, 18 Walmart, 27–29, 31 Washington, George, 13–14 Washington Post , 38 Wesson, D. B., 18 Whitney, Eli, 13–14 Wild Bill Hickok, 21 Wintemute, Garen J., 46

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