A two-volume set in which alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the history, politics, culture, laws, and controversies surrounding guns in American society.

Includes index.

Magna Carta -- Magna-Trigger -- Mailing of Firearms Act -- Mail-Order Guns -- Maryland v. United States -- Mass Murder Shootings -- Massachusetts Gun Law -- McCollum William -- McVeigh Timothy -- Media Violence -- Medicine and Gun Violence -- Mental Disabilities and Gun Use and Acquisition -- Merrill v. Navegar, Inc.-- Metaksa Tanya K. -- Metal Detectors -- Methodist Church United -- Methodologies for Studying Gun Violence -- Metzenbaum Howard M. -- Mexico Gun Laws -- Michigan Militia -- Militia of Montana -- Militia Watchdog Groups -- Militias -- Miller v. Texas -- Million Mom March -- Minie Ball -- Mothers Against Violence in America -- Motor Vehicle Laws as a Model for Gun Laws -- Muscarello v. United States -- NAACP and Gun Control -- National Association of Police Organizations -- National Association of School Psychologists -- National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice -- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control -- National Council for a Responsible Firearms Policy -- National Council to Control Handguns -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- National Education Association -- National Firearms Act -- National Firearms Association of Canada -- National Guard -- National Instant Criminal Background Check System -- National Institute of Justice -- National Rifle Association -- National SAFE KIDS Campaign -- National School Safety Center -- National Sheriffs Association -- National Tracing Center -- National Troopers Coalition -- Native Americans and Gun Violence -- Needle-in-the-Haystack Problem -- Nichols Terry L. -- Ninth Amendment -- Nuisance Law and Gun Suits -- Nunn v. State of Georgia -- Oakley Annie -- Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act -- One-Gun-per-Month Laws -- Orth Franklin L. -- Pacific Center for Violence Prevention -- Paladin Press -- Paul Revere Network -- PAX -- Perpich v. Department of Defense -- Physicians for Social Responsibility -- Plastic Guns -- Police Executive Research Forum -- Police Shootings-- Political Victory Fund -- Potowmack Institute -- Poverty and Gun Violence -- Pratt Larry -- Preemption Laws -- Presbyterian Church -- Presser v. Illinois -- Printz v. United States -- Product Liability Lawsuits -- Project Exile -- Project Lifeline -- Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove -- Racism and Gun Control -- Reagan Ronald Wilson -- Recreational Uses of Guns -- Remington Eliphalet II -- Reno Janet -- Republican Party and Gun Control -- Revolt at Cincinnati -- Right to Self-Defense -- Right-to-Carry Laws -- Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 -- Robertson v. Baldwin -- Ruby Ridge -- Ruger William Batterman -- Russia Gun Laws -- Safety Courses -- Safety for Women and Responsible Motherhood -- Saturday Night Specials -- Sawed-off Shotguns -- Schoolyard Shootings -- Schubert v. DeBard -- Schumer Charles E. -- Second Amendment -- Second Amendment Committee -- Second Amendment Foundation -- Second Amendment Sisters -- Self-Defense, Legal Issues -- Self-Defense, Reasons for Gun Use -- Semiautomatic Weapons -- Shields Nelson T.·Pete· -- Sklar v. Byrne -- Smart Guns -- Smith & Wesson -- Smith & Wesson Settlement Agreement -- Smith v. United States -- Sonzinsky v. United States -- South (U.S.) and Gun Violence -- Speedloaders -- Spitzer Bullet -- Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute -- Sporting Purposes Test -- Springfield Inc. v. Buckles -- Staples v. United States -- State v. Boyce -- State v. Kerner -- State v. Kessler -- State v. Rosenthal -- Stevens v. United States -- Stockton California Massacre -- Stop Handgun Violence -- Straight Talk About Risks -- Student Pledge Against Gun Violence -- Substitution Effects-- Suicide, Guns and -- Suicide, International Comparisons -- Sullivan Law -- Surplus Arms -- Survivalism -- Switzerland Gun Laws -- Taggants -- Target Shooting -- TEC-DC9 Pistol -- Tenth Amendment -- Terrorism -- Texans for Gun Safety -- Texas Tower Shooting -- Thompson Linda -- Tommy Gun -- Trigger Locks -- Turner Diaries -- Uniform Crime Reports -- United Kingdom--History of Gun Laws -- United Kingdom--History of Gun Laws -- United Nations -- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- United States Conference of Mayors -- United States Congress and Gun Legislation -- United States Constitution and Gun Rights -- United States Supreme Court Decisions on Gun Control -- United States v. Adams -- United States v. Cruikshank -- United States v. Emerson -- United States v. Freed -- United States v. Hutzell -- United States v. Lopez -- United States v. Miller -- United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms -- United States v. Powell -- United States v. Tot -- United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez -- United States v. Warin -- Urbanism and Gun Violence -- Victimization from Gun Violence -- Video Games and Gun Violence -- Vigilantism -- Violence Policy Center -- Violence Prevention Research Program -- Violent Crime Rate -- Waco Texas Raid -- Waiting Periods -- Washington, D.C. -- Weapons Instrumentality Effect -- Welles Edward O. -- Whitney Eli -- Williams Gun -- Winchester Oliver Fisher -- Women Against Gun Control -- Women Against Gun Violence -- Women and Guns -- Women & GunsWomens Firearm Network -- Wright James D. -- Youth and Guns -- Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative -- Youth Gun Control Legislation The Juvenile Justice Bill -- Zebra Killings -- Zimring Franklin -- Zip Guns.