Legislative changes empowered judges to hold gun suspects in pretrial detention without bond for up to 100 days, and efforts were made to enact curfews and seize automobiles found to contain firearms.
Congress itself is considering a bill, the Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act, which would hold gun-owners responsible for keeping guns locked away from children and would require gun manufacturers to make child-proof weapons.
You can't offer them a bag of economic goodies, nor can you hold a gun to their head.
When I see Chow Yun-fat, for example, I see Alain Delon, so I let him hold the gun the way Delon did.
Mr. MILLER: To my knowledge, Jack Abramoff didn't hold a gun to anybody's head and say take my gift, take my meals and come to my restaurant.
Families head for picnics on the coast, bored children demand entertainment, a weary fighter rushes home to meet a newborn son, and teenagers too young to hold a gun arrange football games instead.
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The Marines can get hold of a sentry gun, though none of the matches I saw or participated in managed to do so.
But I suspect that the general conclusions would hold: the correlation between gun laws and gun deaths is low.
He called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, institute universal background checks on gun purchases and outlaw gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
Just one indication of the differences between the two countries is the bizarre (to British eyes, at least) fact that in Utah it is perfectly legal for an adult to carry a concealed gun providing they hold a permit for it.
However, those magazines would have to be registered with the state by January 1, and even legally registered magazines could not be loaded with more than 10 rounds outside of the owner's home or a gun range, no matter what permits the gun owner may hold.
In Minnesota, where the gun debate is on hold at the Capitol, the small town of Jordan recently decided to place satellite police offices in its public schools.
While the percentage of those with guns in their family record who believe this is slightly higher (72%), even a majority (57%) of those without a gun in their home hold that view.
He also made an emotional plea for Congress to hold votes on controversial proposals for tougher gun laws after the Newtown, Connecticut, shootings in December that killed 20 schoolchildren.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed bills that require background checks for private and online gun sales and ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.
Mr Calderon says police had learned of the cartel's plan to hold a party for hundreds of people and the gun fight broke out when they arrived to investigate.
Even many U.N. delegates and gun control activists believe this process was put on hold due to presidential campaign concerns.
Senate Democratic leaders have pledged to hold that vote again, perhaps by early summer, and gun control advocates have been raising public pressure on senators who voted "no" in hopes they will change their minds.
They also contend it would prove a burden to law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing to stop criminals from getting hold of firearms.
CNN: Reid to force a vote Thursday on debating gun proposals
It also argues that an expanded system would prove a burden to law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing to stop criminals from getting hold of firearms.
But some House Republicans, who hold a majority in the House of Representatives have suggested that action on gun legislation was premature and that they were focused on the tragedy.
Mr Burns was repeatedly hit "without warning" by the electric shock gun and pepper-sprayed in the face as officers tried to hold him with handcuff and leg restraints, the inquest heard.
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