WASHINGTON — Gun-control advocate Sarah Brady bought her son a powerful rifle for Christmas in 2000 — and may have skirted Delaware state background-check requirements, the New York Daily News has learned. Brady reveals in a new memoir that she bought James Brady Jr. a Remington .30-06, complete with scope and safety lock, at a Lewes, Del., gun shop. "I can't describe how I felt when I picked up that rifle, loaded it into my little car and drove home," she writes.... (GunPolicy.org)

The Interior Ministry yesterday announced it is making it easier for Judea and Samaria residents and business owners to acquire firearms. The ministry said in light of the security situation, business owners will be able to receive gun permits immediately and new residents will only have to wait three months. Until now, only someone who has lived or worked in Judea and Samaria for at least six months was eligible to receive a firearms... (GunPolicy.org)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Denounced as perpetuating a culture of violence and praised as affording personal protection, a bill to allow Ohioans to carry hidden handguns is half way home in the legislative process. But, the lopsided 66-27 vote by which the Ohio House of Representatives passed the measure Thursday marked merely the first — and easiest — step toward making Ohio the 45th state to allow concealed carry. Still ahead: A Republican-controlled Senate that may be... (GunPolicy.org)

AUGUSTA, Maine — Animal rights and anti-gun groups have expressed shock at a proposal backed by legislative leaders that would give 10 valuable moose permits to the National Rifle Association. The plan calls for the organization to sell the permits — valued at tens of thousands of dollars — at auction and turn over half the proceeds to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. The NRA could use the rest of the money to "provide grants in support of... (GunPolicy.org)

Six policemen based in Wau and Bulolo in Morobe Province have been arrested and charged for illegally possessing police issue firearms and ammunitions. Five of them are auxiliary policemen, and one is a regular policemen. Morobe provincial police commander Geosi Labi said the six were among 23 people arrested in a special police operation in the Wau, Bulolo and Mumeng areas over the past two weeks. A prison escapee from the Buimo jail near Lae was also arrested. The... (GunPolicy.org)

A tenuous calm has returned to the Papua New Guinean town of Mendi, the battleground for a three-year tribal war which has claimed more than 100 lives. Rival tribes in the Southern Highlands have not fired a shot in 30 days and hopes of peace now hinge on the surrendering of weapons. Last week, tribal leaders met for the first time and agreed to a four-week cease-fire ahead of the signing of a more ambitious peace agreement. Just days before the breakthrough, a... (GunPolicy.org)