The new Firearms Control Bill is a milestone in the criminal justice system of South Africa.
Mrs May's letter constituted a "supplementary" response to the committee's 2010 report into firearms control, which was prompted by the murder of 12 people in Cumbria by gunman Derrick Bird.
Opening a debate on firearms control on 20 December 2010, he ruled out the "wholesale change" of gun laws but said there was an "opportunity for careful adjustment" on legislation surrounding criminals.
The 43-year-old, an expert in money laundering and firearms control, said cybercriminals should now be a central focus of international policing as they caused untold damage at little cost to themselves and crime fighters were struggling to keep up with them.
This worrisome predilection has only been whetted by the failure at Copenhagen, and we can anticipate far more activity in 2010 and beyond, not only on climate change but in a host of areas traditionally considered "domestic" policy (such as abortion, firearms control and the death penalty).
It also provides for the MILF to "undertake a graduated program for decommissioning of its forces" and says both sides would work for "reduction and control of firearms and the disbandment of private armies and other armed groups".
The Biden task force held meetings with gun control advocates and firearms owners' groups, as well as representatives of the entertainment industry.
"There are already more than enough laws and regulations to control the possession of firearms by private citizens, " it says on its website.
Firearms sellers can thank the gun-control legislation lobbies for much of this business windfall.
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The agreement also contains provisions expanding firearms rights, and that concerns gun control supporters.
Opinion polls have consistently shown most Americans support more gun control measures, but the firearms lobby wields a powerful influence over lawmakers.
And although gun control advocates typically associate the right to firearms ownership with hunting and recreational uses only, the Rasmussen poll found that even 54% of Democrats agree with 75% of Republicans and 68% of those unaffiliated with either major party that the right to own a gun is to ensure such freedom.
The AR-15 is one of America's top-selling firearms, and has become a focus of the gun control debate after being used in a recent spate of mass shootings.
The New Republic interview, carried in the magazine's 11 February issue, quotes Mr Obama as saying he has great respect for US hunting traditions, while advising gun-control advocates to be better listeners in the firearms debate.
Virtually all of the scores of CDC-funded firearms studies conducted since 1985 had reached conclusions favoring stricter gun control.
John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, said the figures show that gun control groups have emphasized the wrong approach to controlling firearms violence.
Although the NRA is ostensibly an organisation seeking to protect the civil rights of its 4m members, critics such as the Violence Policy Centre (VPC), a gun-control group, contend that the level of funding from firearms manufacturers makes it, in effect, just a trade association for the gun industry.
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All of the scores of CDC firearms studies that had been conducted since 1985 reached conclusions favoring stricter gun control.
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But gun control advocates see evidence that, since the Connecticut shooting, many firearms owners are more open to stricter laws than the NRA contends.
The data was released three weeks after the Senate rejected an effort by gun control supporters to broaden the requirement for federal background checks for more firearms purchases.
According to the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 703 children under the age of 15 died in accidental firearms deaths between 2001 and 2010, the latest year for which the agency's statistics on fatalities are available.
Connecticut passed some of the strongest new gun-control restrictions in the U.S. earlier this month, but firearms owners in the state say the debate is far from over.
Bradley, the former Democratic presidential candidate, campaigned with Corzine on Wednesday, praising his support for gun control in an appearance before a small gathering of mothers advocating restrictions on firearms.
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ALBANY More than 600 opponents of New York's new gun-control laws rallied Tuesday at the state Capitol, vowing to disobey the firearms restrictions signed last month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and push for their repeal.
Some gun-control advocates said the legislation gave New York the nation's most stringent firearms laws.
Biden, who is leading a White House push for new gun laws, and Bloomberg, perhaps the nation's most powerful gun control advocate, met two days after it emerged that the prohibition on military-style firearms would be stripped from a slate of proposals expected to go to the Senate floor next month.
Heller created a panic among gun-control advocates because it condoned the ownership of semiautomatic handguns, which are among the most common firearms in use but also the target of many restriction efforts.
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