Mitchell Johnson, 13, found God at a youth revival meeting last September. "He made a profession of faith and decided to accept Jesus Christ as his savior," says Christopher Perry, the youth minister at Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro. Mitchell was new to the area, barely two years in town, and looking to fit in. A classmate brought him to Central Baptist, and the church, for a while at least, seemed to provide a haven. He became an upstanding member of the... (GunPolicy.org)

WASHINGTON — President Clinton blocked the import of 1.6 million military-style rifles Monday, saying Americans do not need an Uzi or AK-47 for hunting deer or skeet shooting. "These are military weapons, weapons of war," Clinton said. The order bars 58 high-powered, foreign-made guns with large-capacity magazines after a finding that they failed to meet an exemption to U.S. gun laws as a sporting rifle. Most of the affected guns were variations of the AK-47 and Uzi... (GunPolicy.org)

WASHINGTON — President Clinton is moving to close a loophole that has allowed thousands of foreign-made assault rifles to enter the United States despite a 1994 ban on such weapons. Clinton planned today to make permanent his temporary prohibition on importing assault weapons that have been modified for sport shooting, issuing an executive order permanently barring the importation of 58 modified weapons, a White House official said Sunday. Most of the affected guns... (GunPolicy.org)

ULAN BATOR — Mongolia imposes a total ban on the import of firearms and ammunition as of April 6, 1998. This decision was passed at a meeting of representatives of Mongolia's Foreign Ministry, the main police agency, the customs and a number of other agencies. The ban on the import of arms will be in operation until the passage of the law regulating the import of arms and ammunition. Participants in the meeting believe the present legal norms in the area "do not meet... (GunPolicy.org)