There is still some doubt how comprehensive this treaty will be, since some of the nuclear-weapons states hold out for permitting a threshold of small explosions (equal to 500 tons of TNT or less).
The common perception that so-called "assault weapons" can hold larger magazines than hunting rifles is simply wrong.
You're not alone if you can't stand the regular requests from Facebook friends to hide a cache of weapons or to hold hot merchandise for them in Mafia Wars.
"The United States should be able to clearly state that the only purpose we hold nuclear weapons for is to deter the use of nuclear weapons, " said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association.
Back then, those working in weapons labs and the military tended to hold more alarmist views than many academic experts, arguably because the livelihoods of university professors did not depend on having to hype up the need for arms racing.
"The defence has been key all year and to hold a side with so many attacking weapons out was a superb effort, " he said.
Feinstein's proposal would upgrade an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and also outlaw ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
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For two days in February, the BBC will hold an exhibition of costumes, gravestones and notorious murder weapons at The Tramshed in east London.
Speaking about the U.S. strategy, Kerry suggested the Obama administration would consider holding off on any possible plan to provide weapons to vetted units of the Syrian opposition if a peace strategy takes hold.
On Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Mitchell that the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza would hold only if Hamas -- which rules Gaza -- ends weapons smuggling into Gaza and halts rocket fire into Israel.
Brown, an investment bank, reckons that to hold its own against the Americans, Europe can sustain only one large weapons-platform manufacturer and one defence-electronics group.
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.
The United States would hold North Korea "fully accountable for the consequences" if the secretive state were to provide nuclear weapons or material to other nations or groups, Gates warned.
Russia's hold on us is the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty, which essentially prohibits building defensive weapons.
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