The debate is over not whether, but to what extent, concealed handguns reduce crime.
Senators approved an amendment Tuesday that would require the sale of safety devices with handguns.
They fear that easing access to handguns will lead to a rise in murder rates.
Investigators found numerous handguns and long guns in his home in Gorham on Wednesday.
The proportion of households with handguns climbed from 20% to 24% over the same period.
Just nine people convicted out of the quarter-million felons who attempted to buy handguns.
In fact, the vast majority of all U.S. firearms, both handguns and rifles, are semi-automatic.
It is thought that around 500, 000 rifles and handguns are in circulation in Cambodia.
We might, however, slowly start to reduce the problem by ending access to handguns.
City officials say the problem boils down to too many handguns, most of them legally owned.
One of Mr Blair's first acts on coming to power was to ban all handguns.
The immediate issue before the court was a total ban on handguns in the District of Columbia.
In the climactic shoot-out, Zar Gul may wield two handguns, but this is no John Woo fantasy.
Though he was carrying two handguns, he surrendered without a fight and was extradited to the Netherlands.
In response, Congress threatened to pass a law that specified the legality of semiautomatic handguns in the District.
According to Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency, police also seized two handguns, 60 rounds of ammunition and a machete.
The Justice study said that in 2011, about 70 percent of all homicides were committed with firearms, mainly handguns.
The NRA lawsuit in San Francisco challenges a local ordinance that bars possession of handguns by public housing residents.
Back in the old days, Mr Obama used to sound supportive of the District of Columbia's ban on handguns.
Barwin says e-mail is already coming in from people interested in owning handguns.
Mr Harshbarger has taken a lead in throwing lawsuits at tobacco companies, and has also cracked down on handguns.
Six more states require background checks for gun-show sales of handguns, but not for rifles or shotguns, Nichols said.
Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling said most gun crime in the city involves handguns, not assault weapons, WPTZ reported.
The real problem, the essential problem -- in fact the ONLY problem -- is the widespread possession of handguns.
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Canada has long-standing laws restricting handguns and regulating the purchase of hunting rifles.
In many school districts a student can be suspended for crayon drawings of handguns or for wearing an NRA T-shirt.
It struck down a ban on handguns that has been in place in the District of Columbia for 32 years.
In total, 16 states and the District of Columbia require background checks on handguns sold at gun shows, Nichols said.
Nor will Mr Clinton get Congress to introduce a national licensing requirement for handguns that includes more checks on buyers.
Police believe he went to his car -- where the couple's children apparently were waiting -- and returned with two handguns.
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