The call for a total ban in Europe has not made much progress, either.
But pressure is growing for a total ban on live exports amid a series of cruelty scandals.
The immediate issue before the court was a total ban on handguns in the District of Columbia.
Lawmakers believe that constituents and trade groups alike view such a total ban as excessive, he said.
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"If it shows both are unsafe, then a total ban may make the most sense, " she said.
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Massachusetts Governor Patrick just announced a total ban on driving after 4 PM for all non-emergency personnel.
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At the same time, special areas of bio-diversity, like Oaxaca, could choose to maintain a total ban.
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum.
When considering how to approach tobacco regulation, officials at the FDA rejected a total ban on tobacco as unworkable.
Earlier this year a total ban on mushroom-collecting was imposed in southern England's New Forest area after an invasion of commercial pickers.
In December 2010 the European Transport Safety Council made a similar call for a total ban on mobile phone use in cars.
The fox hunting bill is already complicated by the fact that it allows three possible options, from a near total ban to self-regulation.
On Monday, Prime Minister Tony Blair was among a majority of 211 MPs who voted by 386 to 175 for a total ban.
While lobbying for a total ban, welfare groups initially want multiple branding to end to make it easier to tell animals involved in accidents.
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"We are not calling for a total ban, " one of the campaign workers called Jack told the BBC in a message sent via anonymised email service Hushmail.
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Austria and Sweden already have a total ban, and in Germany mercury fillings carry a health warning against their use in children and pregnant women.
And he joined with his counterparts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to urge a total ban on smacking - as there is in 20 other countries.
But the Trail Riders Fellowship said they feared this would lead to a total ban on vehicles in the park which they feel should be open to all.
The court said it was up to individual countries to decide which inmates should be denied the right to vote from jail, but that a total ban was illegal.
Dr James Thallon, medical director for NHS Kent and Medway, said the 084 numbers were not currently banned for GP practices but his trust would "strongly support" a total ban.
The EC has stopped short of recommending a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea, Irish Sea and off the west coast of Scotland, despite the advice of experts.
The report recommends a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea, the Irish Sea, waters in the west of Scotland, and in the Skagerrak Sea off the Danish coast.
This week the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers expressed "profound regret" that the last government had not lifted the total ban on prisoners voting in time for the general election.
Is it that there's now a ban - or shortly will be a total ban - on tobacco advertising in Europe, so you can use the tobacco sponsors if you go elsewhere?
The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, or IFHA, is examining whether to recommend a total ban on administering steroids to horses, according to Roland Devolz, the IFHA's technical adviser on prohibited substances.
He said tackling exposure to secondhand smoke at work, which causes more than 600 deaths each year across the UK, would help and backed a new call for a total ban on smoking in public plances.
But he is obliged at the meeting to find a joint position that the Council can negotiate with the Commission and parliament - and compromise will be difficult as several nations, including the UK, consider than any slipping from a total ban would be wrong.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday, he doesn't think there needs to be a total ban on carry-on baggage, because the restrictions on liquids and the extra training given to screeners means passengers can be protected without stopping them from bringing anything on the plane.
Unless America and other targets of terrorism are ready to adopt such Draconian measures as a total ban on any cross-border banking business with large parts of the world, they will have to persuade other countries to be vigilant, in a way that they have never been before.
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