Where debating everything under the sun is only the beginning

May I almost with a groan remind you of my visit to that prison and what the senior official said about the RC's being totally out of proportion to their numbers

A three-year-old American boy has shot his mother and father with the same bullet after pulling a gun from her handbag, police say.

The incident took place in a motel room on Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque in the state of New Mexico.

The toddler was apparently reaching for an iPod.

The bullet passed through his father's buttock and hit his mother, who is eight months pregnant, in the arm. Both parents are said to be recovering.

CHEYENNE - The state House overwhelmingly voted Monday to pass a bill that would allow guns in public schools and other government buildings.

House Bill 114 is known as Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act. It was approved on a 42-17 vote.

The proposal, which has sparked heated testimony from education and pro-gun groups, now advances to the state Senate.

The legislation would allow holders of concealed-carry permits to possess firearms in public K-12 schools, at the University of Wyoming and in community college buildings.

It also would allow permit holders to bring firearms to K-12, collegiate or pro athletic events and any meetings of governmental bodies, including hearings at the State Capitol.

State law now lets residents carry firearms that are either concealed or openly carried throughout most of the state. But schools, college campuses and many government buildings are considered "gun-free zones."

Rep. Allen Jaggi, R-Lyman, is the bill's lead sponsor. He said gun-free zones are a public safety risk because the only people who have guns in those places are the potential criminals.

"(This bill) gives the bad guys, who don't care what the laws are, something to think about as they go in," he said. "I would like to tell you that most of the bad shootings - just about every bad shooting - have been in a gun-free zone."   .....continued

Perhaps decisions to abolish or keep gun-free zones are best left to the state and county.

Are guns allowed in Congress and in the Senate? If not why not?

Seems sensible to me; legislators should live or die with what they create.

Seems sensible to me; legislators should live or die with what they create.

Just wondering: Does anybody think well of Congress? Anybody? Anybody?

OK. Now we're talking. I really want to be in control of this gun! (OK, I can dream, can't I?)

Just wondering: Does anybody think well of Congress? Anybody? Anybody?

And yet you both voted for them! (Or stayed home, gazing at your navels…    )

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republican leaders have begun a legislative push to repeal recently passed gun control measures, reigniting one of the most intense political debates in recent history.

The first advance came Monday as discussion started on several measures in each chamber. One of the most prominent measures — a longshot bill that would undo expanded background-check requirements on private and online sales — was passed by a Senate committee.

The GOP-introduced measures come as the party has gained a new majority in the state Senate and as the man charged in the suburban Denver theater shooting rampage, which touched off the fight over gun laws, goes to trial facing the death penalty.

Lawmakers have wrestled over gun control in Congress and in state legislatures across the U.S. since President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders led the call for new restrictions after the 2012 theater rampage and another mass shooting months later at a Connecticut elementary school. Dozens were killed and wounded in the attacks.

Colorado, with Democrats in control of both chambers of state government and the governor's office at the time, was one of the only states to pass changes, including a measure limiting the size of ammunition magazines and another that expanded background-check requirements. But it came at great political cost. Two Democratic state senators were recalled over their support for the restrictions, and a third resigned as a campaign to oust her was mounting.

Republicans have maintained that the legislation is ineffective and burdensome to enforce, and they have made it a priority to go after the measures...............................continued