Defense Minister Ghazi Zeaiter Wednesday canceled licenses to carry weapons over Christmas and the New Year. "Bodyguards of government officials, politicians, religious leaders, and diplomats will be exempted," he decreed, his first ruling since taking over the defense portfolio last... (GunPolicy.org)

Fifteen-year-old Michael Carneal, convicted of shooting and killing three of his classmates and injuring five others, received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for 25 years, Wednesday for the high school shooting spree in Paducah, Ky. The sentence handed down by McCracken Circuit Court Judge Jeff Hines was the stiffest available to him under Kentucky law for a minor. Carneal pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October to the December 1, 1997,... (GunPolicy.org)