The restrictions require background checks on all firearm purchases, ban the sale of ammunition magazines with more than 10 rounds and expand a ban on the sales of assault-style weapons.

WSJ: Conn. Gun Fight Continues

Giffords, who is still recovering from her critical wounds, has in recent months become a champion of universal background gun checks and other gun restrictions denounced by Second Amendment proponents.

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There are signs, though, that the NRA is growing out of touch with modern Americans and even with its own members who, according to surveys, now tend to support restrictions such as mandatory background checks on buyers of weapons at gun shows.

ECONOMIST: Despite legislative victories, the NRA is under pressure

New York state took steps Tuesday to bolster its background-check system as part of firearm-restrictions legislation that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law.

WSJ: Systemic Gaps Hinder Background Checks for Gun Purchases

It took place against a background of anxiety about Alderney's autonomy and the restrictions of an agreement made between the islands in 1948.

BBC: Alderney States rails against treatment from Guernsey

The first-term Democratic governor had called for a tightening of the assault weapons ban, background checks for people who purchase guns privately and more restrictions on high-capacity magazines.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Against the background of the appreciation of the yen and the relaxation of trade restrictions, imports of finished products to Japan have expanded rapidly.

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