http://www.mail.com/subjects/98960-weapons-laws-regulations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/98960-weapons-laws-regulations.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war. With a degree of trepidation, the Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 for a bill that would pr... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101150-senate-panel-approves-weapons-syrian-rebels.html 2013-05-21T21:24:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100278-with-high-tech-guns-users-disable-remotely.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas and was shown to The Associated Press i... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:41:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100278-with-high-tech-guns-users-disable-remotely.html 2013-05-21T18:41:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072010-senate-rejects-firearms-federal-lands.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle Association, represented one of two efforts Wednesday by gun rights supporters to take the offensive in Congress. Ac... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072010-senate-rejects-firearms-federal-lands.html 2013-05-08T22:13:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of broadened checks lack the... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html 2013-05-07T14:15:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067338-biden-asks-clergy-to-moral-argument-guns.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell their flocks that enacting gun control is the moral thing to do. But another vote may have to wait until Congress wraps up work on an immigration overhaul. Biden met for two-and-a-half hours Monday with more than a dozen leaders from various faith communities — Christian, Je... Tue, 07 May 2013 01:50:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067338-biden-asks-clergy-to-moral-argument-guns.html 2013-05-07T01:50:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2063078-nra-gun-control-advocates-fight.html HOUSTON (AP) — National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles yet to come in Congress and next year's midterm elections, but they vowed that none in the organization will ever have to surrender their weapons. Proponents of gun control also asserted that they are in the... Sat, 04 May 2013 23:09:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2063078-nra-gun-control-advocates-fight.html 2013-05-04T23:09:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2052624-apnewsbreak-ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-book-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday that Cuomo will write "a full and frank account" about his private life and the "profound moments" of his first term in office, including signing gay-marriage legislation. Financial terms of t... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:15:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2052624-apnewsbreak-ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-book-deal.html 2013-04-30T04:15:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2049842-front-gun-background-checks-ballot.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking the issue directly to voters. While advocates generally prefer that new gun laws be passed through the legislative process, especially at the national level... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:41:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2049842-front-gun-background-checks-ballot.html 2013-04-28T22:41:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2049638-lawmakers-syria-chemical-weapons-menace-us.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there. U.S. officials last week declared that the Syrian government probably had us... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:59:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2049638-lawmakers-syria-chemical-weapons-menace-us.html 2013-04-28T17:59:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045560-ge-capital-cuts-lending-ties-with-gun-stores.html NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric's finance arm is cutting ties with gun dealers, halting financing offers at about 75 gun shops across the U.S. in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre that took the lives of 20 schoolchildren and six teachers and administrators. The December school shooting ignited a national debate about gun laws and drove some compan... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:17:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045560-ge-capital-cuts-lending-ties-with-gun-stores.html 2013-04-25T23:17:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040636-stephen-king-to-maine-gun-control-coalition.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Stephen King and his wife have made a donation to a Maine group advocating for stricter gun control laws. King says the gift was "five figures" but doesn't want to say more about it because "charity's supposed to be a private thing." The Coalition for a Safer Maine says King is a gun owner and a defender of the Second Amendment who ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:30:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040636-stephen-king-to-maine-gun-control-coalition.html 2013-04-24T01:30:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037678-suburbs-playing-key-role-gun-legislation.html QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms restrictions underscored the nation's shifting demographics and a pronounced divide on the gun issue between Americans in rural areas and residents of suburban enclaves, like Quakertown, o... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:35:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037678-suburbs-playing-key-role-gun-legislation.html 2013-04-22T21:35:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035042-newtown-families-well-fighting-gun-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Disappointment. Disgust. Grossly unfair. That's how some families who lost loved ones in December's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school view the Senate's defeat this past week of the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades, as they pledged to keep fighting for measures to prevent gun violence. ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:00:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035042-newtown-families-well-fighting-gun-law.html 2013-04-21T21:00:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:26:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html 2013-04-18T20:26:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html 2013-04-18T18:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter's school massacre in Newtown, Conn. "This effort isn'... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html 2013-04-18T03:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2025966-mccartney-lends-voice-to-anti-gun-violence-effort.html NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney added his voice to Tony Bennett's campaign against gun violence Wednesday. The former Beatle recorded a voice message that was part of a text-to-call operation for Bennett's Voices Against Violence campaign. McCartney and others encouraged Americans to send a text, which led to the singer's message and connected the caller t... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:17:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2025966-mccartney-lends-voice-to-anti-gun-violence-effort.html 2013-04-17T22:17:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2026722-senate-kills-dems-attempt-to-ban-assault-weapons.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected an attempt by Democrats to ban assault weapons, one of their leading answers to December's slayings of children and staff at an elementary in Newtown, Conn. Led by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, supporters said barring the military-style weapons would reduce the deadliness of gun crimes because sh... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:42:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2026722-senate-kills-dems-attempt-to-ban-assault-weapons.html 2013-04-17T21:42:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2026524-senate-rejects-expanded-gun-background-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Wednesday's vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by December's massacre of children and staff at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. President Barack Obama made broade... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:30:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2026524-senate-rejects-expanded-gun-background-checks.html 2013-04-17T20:30:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026322-biden-to-preside-senate-gun-control-vote.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he will preside over the vote Wednesday in the Senate on expanding background checks for gun sales. That vote on the centerpiece of the Obama administration's gun control proposals faces almost certain defeat. Biden says the U.S. eventually will have tighter gun control measures. He says the public is ahead ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:20:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2026322-biden-to-preside-senate-gun-control-vote.html 2013-04-17T19:20:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019928-gun-background-check-deal-jeopardy-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed opposition to the proposal, perhaps enough to derail it. But there was plenty of time for lobbying and deal-making to affect the outcome, and the sponsors seemed willing to consider carving out at least one exem... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:48:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019928-gun-background-check-deal-jeopardy-senate.html 2013-04-16T01:48:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020436-high-court-rejects-challenge-to-ny-gun-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now. The justices on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes it difficult for residents to get a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. The court did not comment in turning away an appeal from five state residents and the Second Amendment Foun... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:36:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020436-high-court-rejects-challenge-to-ny-gun-law.html 2013-04-15T13:36:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call. The plan would "strengthen the background check system without in any way infringing on Second Amendment rights," Mai... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:45:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html 2013-04-15T02:45:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun measures and expanded background checks has placed several moderate Senate Democrats facing re-election next year in a bind, forcing them to take sides on a deeply personal issue for rural voters. The choice: Either they stick with Obama and gun control advocates — and give an opening to cam... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html 2013-04-12T23:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014214-high-court-weighs-taking-up-case-gun-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Senate voted to begin debate on new gun control measures, the Supreme Court is expected to consider a new appeal aimed at loosening state restrictions on firearms. The justices are meeting in private Friday to discuss adding new cases for the term that begins in the fall. Among them is an appeal of a federal court ruling ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:17:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2014214-high-court-weighs-taking-up-case-gun-rights.html 2013-04-11T20:17:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012402-gun-debate-fiery-minority-prevail.html WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, it seems Republicans are verging on a blunder. With about 90 percent of Americans favoring universal background checks for gun buyers, GOP lawmakers' strong resistance might appear foolhardy. But these Republicans are making a calculated and probably safe choice, for several reasons. Their districts' all-important GOP pr... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:57:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012402-gun-debate-fiery-minority-prevail.html 2013-04-11T06:57:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2010480-lady-wades-debate-gun-violence.html CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday, the eve of a showdown in Congress, by comparing herself to the honor student from her hometown shot to death a week after performing as a majorette in the presidential inaugural parade. Mrs. Obama told a conference on youth violence that the new gun reg... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:10:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2010480-lady-wades-debate-gun-violence.html 2013-04-10T21:10:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010094-serbia-mourns-13-killed-shooting-rampage.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia held a national day of mourning Wednesday as police searched for possible motives in the Balkan nation's worst peacetime shooting massacre, which left 13 villagers dead and triggered demands for tighter gun-control laws. Police say a 60-year-old veteran went on a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage Tuesday in a village near Bel... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:35:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010094-serbia-mourns-13-killed-shooting-rampage.html 2013-04-10T11:35:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007394-senate-showdown-vote-gun-curbs-set-thursday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat has set Congress' first showdown vote for Thursday on President Barack Obama's gun control drive as a small but mounting number of Republicans appear willing to buck a conservative effort to prevent debate from even beginning. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced his decision Tuesday as the White Hous... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007394-senate-showdown-vote-gun-curbs-set-thursday.html 2013-04-10T01:08:26Z