• National knife rights movement gets twist in Texas

  National knife rights movement gets twist in Texas

  You never know what might happen when a lawmaker brings a gun to a knife fight. But Second Amendment rights advocates are about to find out.
  You never know what might happen when a lawmaker brings a gun to a knife fight. But Second Amendment rights advocates are about to find out.

• Senate panel OKs gun background check bill

  Senate panel OKs gun background check bill

  A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases.
  A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases.

• Bill would require anger management courses for bullet buyers

  Bill would require anger management courses for bullet buyers

  A legislator wants anyone trying to buy ammo to complete an anger management program, in what critics say is the latest example of lawmakers reaching for constitutionally-dubious solutions to the problem of gun violence.
  A Florida legislator wants anyone trying to buy ammunition to complete an anger management program first, in what critics say is the latest example of local lawmakers reaching for constitutionally-dubious solutions to the problem of gun violence.

• FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target

  FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target

  Wednesday, January 30 2013 3:19 PM EST2013-01-30 20:19:01 GMTJan 30, 2013 1:19 PM MSTJan 30, 2013 1:19 PM MST
  The intensifying gun-control debate has given rise to sloppy claims on both sides. Here's a sampling, with the first two examples from the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on guns Wednesday.
  The intensifying gun-control debate has given rise to sloppy claims on both sides. Here's a sampling, with the first two examples from the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on guns Wednesday.

• NRA's Wayne LaPierre addresses Senate panel on gun violence

  Video: NRA's Wayne LaPierre addresses Senate panel on guns

  Wednesday, January 30 2013 2:53 PM EST2013-01-30 19:53:38 GMTJan 30, 2013 12:53 PM MSTJan 30, 2013 12:53 PM MST
  The National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre, rejected bans on some assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that have been advocated by President Barack Obama.
  The National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre, rejected bans on some assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that have been advocated by President Barack Obama.
    

PHOENIX (AP) - A Republican-sponsored bill barring enforcement of new federal guns laws affecting semi-automatic firearms or high-capacity magazines sparked passionate debate in an Arizona Senate committee that ultimately passed the bill.
 
The bill sponsored co-sponsored by Sen. Don Shooter, four other senators and several members of the House of Representatives also allows the state Attorney General to defend anyone prosecuted for violating federal gun laws if the gun was made in Arizona.
 
Wednesday's Senate Public Safety Committee debate pitted minority Democrats who believe the bill is unconstitutional against Republicans opposed to what they call an overreaching federal government.
 
An identical bill has been introduced in the House.
 
The bills and others in the Legislature were prompted by President Barack Obama's push to reinstate an assault weapons ban and ban high-capacity magazines.