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				Gun Control   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2003 Legislative Summary: Gunmaker Liability   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Gun Control and Liability for Gunmakers and Dealers   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2013 Legislative Summary: Gun Control   Jan. 6, 2014 Legislative Analysis A Bump Stock Ban Probably Isn't Going to Be Very Effective   Oct. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis Adams v. Williams: Brief Summary   Jun. 12, 1972 Case Summary Advocates Say 2007 Gun Law Worked, Despite Texas Shooting   Sep. 16, 2019 Legislative Analysis After Charleston, a New Push on Gun Control   Jul. 13, 2015 Legislative Analysis Anatomy of a Vote: Republicans Roll Back Obama Gun Rule   Feb. 6, 2017 Legislative Analysis Anatomy of a Vote: Senate Still Holds Its Fire on Guns   Dec. 7, 2015 Legislative Analysis Armored Car Employees, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Armored Car Guards, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Armored Car Guards, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Armored Car Guards, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Assault Weapons Ban, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Background Checks for Private Security Officers, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Background Checks, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Ban Extended On Firearms Made of Plastic   Nov. 29, 2003 Legislative Analysis Ban on Plastic Guns, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Bill on Gun Liability Completed   Oct. 24, 2005 Legislative Analysis Bipartisanship Emerges in Gun Bill   Dec. 4, 2017 Legislative Analysis Bounty Hunters, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Brady Bill, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Bryan v. United States: Brief Summary   Jun. 15, 1998 Case Summary C-J-S Appropriations: Trouble-Free, for a Change   Nov. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis California Dreamin' About Gun Control   Mar. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Caron v. United States: Brief Summary   Jun. 22, 1998 Case Summary Castillo v. United States: Brief Summary   Jun. 5, 2000 Case Summary Class Action Gun Law Comes Under Fire in Court   Nov. 6, 2006 Legislative Analysis Coalition Takes Aim at Guns   Oct. 15, 2012 Legislative Analysis Colleges Struggle With Right to Bear Arms in the Classroom   Sep. 6, 2016 Legislative Analysis Concealed Weapons, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Concealed Weapons, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Concealed Weapons, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Concealed Weapons, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Congressional Response to the Attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords   Jan. 8, 2011 Primary Source Court Rulings Spark New Era of Gun Litigation   Sep. 13, 2010 Legislative Analysis D.C. Gun Control, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis D.C. Gun Law   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis D.C. Gun Law   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis DeLay Causes Stir on Gun Bill   May 17, 2003 Legislative Analysis Department of the Treasury v. Galioto: Brief Summary   Jun. 27, 1986 Case Summary Dickerson v. New Banner Institute Inc. (460 U.S. 103): Brief Summary   Feb. 23, 1983 Case Summary District of Columbia v. Heller     Case Summary Editorial in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) with Former Surgeon General C.E. Koop: "Violence in America: A Public Health Emergency"   Jun. 10, 1992 Primary Source Elections 2016, State Ballot Issues: From Guns to Plastic Bags   Oct. 31, 2016 Legislative Analysis Even After Newtown, Little Change   Feb. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis Extension of Ban on Plastic Guns Cleared for President's Signature   Dec. 16, 2013 Legislative Analysis Fall Preview: Guns   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis Florida Governor Responds to Trayvon Martin Shooting   Mar. 22, 2012 Primary Source Freshman Hayes Schools Her Colleagues   Apr. 29, 2019 Legislative Analysis Frist Orchestrates Passage of Gun Bill   Aug. 1, 2005 Legislative Analysis Funding for Gun-Violence Research Opens Up New Possibilities   Jan. 27, 2020 Legislative Analysis Gov. Malloy and President Obama Remark on Sandy Hook School Shooting   Dec. 15, 2012 Primary Source Gun Control, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1972 Legislative Chronology   1972 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Gun Control, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Gun Liability, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Gun Liability, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Gun Liability   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Gun Manufacturers Bill Backs Civil Liability Suit Protection   Aug. 1, 2005 Legislative Analysis Gun Penalties, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Gun Rights Debates   Oct. 31, 2008 CQ Researcher Gun Safety Locks, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Gun Sales are Booming, and So are Worries About New Restrictions   Mar. 30, 2020 Legislative Analysis Gun Supporters Try Another Approach   Feb. 18, 2013 Legislative Analysis Gun Trace Data   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Gun Violence Research Funding Threatens Appropriations Comity   Sep. 23, 2019 Legislative Analysis Gun Violence   May 25, 2007 CQ Researcher Gun-Safety Effort Shooting Blanks   Jan. 31, 2011 Legislative Analysis Guns and Mental Health: Stymied by Association?   Oct. 7, 2013 Legislative Analysis Guns Ruling Augurs Barrage of Lawsuits   Jun. 30, 2008 Legislative Analysis Haynes v. U.S.: Brief Summary   1968 Case Summary House Bill Would Restrict Sharing of ATF Data on Gun Sales   Sep. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis House Blocks Gun Safety Funds   Jul. 10, 2006 Legislative Analysis House Repeal of D.C. Gun Laws Not Likely to Advance Further, Except as an Election Issue   Oct. 2, 2004 Legislative Analysis Investors Add to the Pressure on Gun-Makers   Mar. 5, 2018 Legislative Analysis Justice Department: Legal-Affairs Wish List Remains Focused on Gun Control, Prisons   Mar. 10, 2014 Legislative Analysis Key Senate Vote of 2013: Firearms Background Checks   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Many States With Weaker Gun Laws See More Deaths   Oct. 19, 2015 Legislative Analysis Massachusetts Passes Nation's Toughest Gun Law   Aug. 1, 2014 Primary Source Mayors Focus on the Right to Bear Legal Arms   May 15, 2006 Legislative Analysis McLaughlin v. United States: Brief Summary   Apr. 29, 1986 Case Summary McMillan v. Pennsylvania: Brief Summary   Jun. 19, 1986 Case Summary Media Study: Don't Blame Us   Jul. 15, 2013 Legislative Analysis Mental Health Joins Gun Control Atop Post-Newtown Agenda   Jan. 21, 2013 Legislative Analysis More States Allowing Gun Seizures Amid Plague of Mass Shootings   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis New Ban on Bump Stocks Is Still a Target   Apr. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis No One Pulls Trigger on CDC Gun Studies   Dec. 10, 2018 Legislative Analysis NRA Sees Anti-Gun Agenda in Ban on Surplus M-1s   Sep. 20, 2010 Legislative Analysis Obama Faces Uphill Fight on Guns   Jan. 21, 2013 Legislative Analysis Odds Stacked Against Renewal of Ban on Assault Weapons   Sep. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis Old Chief v. United States: Brief Summary   Jan. 7, 1997 Case Summary On Guns, 'Wait and See' Approaches 'Slim to None'   Apr. 29, 2013 Legislative Analysis On Guns, Neither Side is Getting What it Wants from Congress   Feb. 26, 2018 Legislative Analysis Open Season on Hunting Laws?   Feb. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Other Big Issues for 2013   Jan. 7, 2013 Legislative Analysis Part of Democrats' Problem on Gun Control: Some of Them Oppose It   Oct. 10, 2017 Legislative Analysis Plea for Bump Stocks Could Trigger Legislation   Jul. 30, 2018 Legislative Analysis Powerful Gun Lobby Faces a Growing Resistance Movement   Jan. 25, 2016 Legislative Analysis President Obama Remarks on Gun Control Legislation   Apr. 17, 2013 Primary Source President R. Nixon's First News Conference of His Second Term in Office   Jan. 31, 1973 Primary Source Print-Your-Own Guns   May 20, 2013 Legislative Analysis Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States: Brief Summary   Jun. 27, 1997 Case Summary Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States: Detailed Summary   Jun. 27, 1997 Case Summary Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 27, 1997 Primary Source Pro-Gun Democrats on the Fence on Bump Stocks   Oct. 10, 2017 Legislative Analysis Public Opinion on Gun Control, 19722004 (percent)   1972 - 2004 Facts & Figures Red Flag Gun Laws Spread, Though Effectiveness is Uncertain   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis Remarks of Former President R. Reagan Declaring Support for the Brady Bill, Legislation Before Congress Requiring Seven-Day Waiting Period For the Purchase a Handgun   Mar. 28, 1991 Primary Source Remarks of President B. Clinton during Signing of the Brady Bill, Imposing a Waiting Period for the Purchase of a Handgun to Allow Background Checks   Nov. 30, 1993 Primary Source Renewed Assault Weapons Ban May Be the Price of Passage For Senate Gun Liability Bill   Feb. 28, 2004 Legislative Analysis School Massacre Spurs Battle Cries   Dec. 31, 2012 Legislative Analysis Senate Vote 219: Gun Industry Liability Shield   Jan. 9, 2006 Legislative Analysis Silveira v. Lockyer: Opinion Excerpt   Dec. 5, 2002 Primary Source Skirting the Loaded Issue of Gun Control   Jul. 23, 2012 Legislative Analysis Small v. United States   Apr. 26, 2005 Case Summary SOPA in Cross Hairs   Jan. 23, 2012 Legislative Analysis Staples v. United States: Brief Summary   May 23, 1994 Case Summary States are Taking Guns from Warm, Live Hands   Jul. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis Supreme Court Gun-Shy on Second Amendment Cases   Jan. 11, 2016 Legislative Analysis Supreme Court Rules on Second Amendment Rights   Jun. 28, 2010 Primary Source Survivors of Gun Violence Become Passionate Political Activists   Jan. 25, 2016 Legislative Analysis Table 3-14  Public Opinion on Gun Control, 19722010     Facts & Figures The State of the Union: Guns   Jan. 28, 2019 Legislative Analysis Traditional Gun Issue Opponents Join on Background Check Bill   Sep. 27, 2003 Legislative Analysis U.S. Supreme Court on Personal Right to Possess Firearms   Jun. 26, 2008 Primary Source U.S. v. Freed: Brief Summary   Apr. 5, 1971 Case Summary Under the Gun, ATF's Weakness Exposed   Jul. 4, 2011 Legislative Analysis Uneven Results for a Gun Law   Dec. 9, 2013 Legislative Analysis United States v. Bean   Dec. 10, 2002 Case Summary United States v. Emerson: Federal Appeals Court Ruling on the Right to Bear Arms   Oct. 16, 2001 Primary Source United States v. Lopez: Brief Summary   Apr. 26, 1995 Case Summary United States v. Lopez: Detailed Summary   Apr. 26, 1995 Case Summary United States v. Lopez: Opinion Excerpt   Apr. 26, 1995 Primary Source United States v. Lopez: Supreme Court Opinion on Gun-Free School Zones, Justices W.H. Rehnquist, A.M. Kennedy, C. Thomas, S.G. Breyer, D.H. Souter, J.P. Stevens   Apr. 26, 1995 Primary Source United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms: Brief Summary   Feb. 22, 1984 Case Summary United States v. Rodriguez-Moreno: Brief Summary   Mar. 30, 1999 Case Summary United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co.: Brief Summary   Jun. 8, 1992 Case Summary Up in Arms Over Colt Bill   Jul. 22, 2013 Legislative Analysis Washington-Area Sniper Shootings Prompt Lawmakers, White House To Consider Weapon 'Fingerprinting'   Oct. 19, 2002 Legislative Analysis With New Justice, Court Could Take Aim at Gun Control Laws   Jul. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Without Reservation, Thoughts and Prayers for the Victims of the Alexandria Shooting   Jun. 19, 2017 Legislative Analysis
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