Lawmakers in at least 10 other states are reviewing some form of new gun regulations in the new year.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

We came to the UN headquarters in New York to try to learn exactly who gave this permission for the gun refurbishment, and what form it took.

BBC: News Online

Like a gun, charm can be deployed as a form of protection or as a destructive force: you never want your favorite series to become fan fiction about itself.

NEWYORKER: Trigger-Happy

Son of a Gun watches each have bullets on the dial in some form or another.

FORBES: Connect

The army has also suggested fitting some form of self-defence, like a gun which the camera could be used to aim.

ECONOMIST: Autonomous helicopters

The Form 696 scheme was introduced when police became concerned about gun crime at clubs.

BBC: Petition against live music form

But why make a fetish of a "smoking gun" when there are bullet-riddled corpses-- in the form of now-busted recently public companies--all over the street.

FORBES: Massachusetts Finds CSFB 'Smoking Gun'

Officials said in its current form, the machine could be mounted on a truck and deployed to sites identified as prone to gun violence.

WSJ: Police Test New Scanner

Whatever the outcome, Egypt looks set to join a broader regional trend that has seen a more pragmatic, tolerant form of Islamism rise to dominate the political scene, by way of the ballot box rather than the gun barrel.

ECONOMIST: Political Islam