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Dick Heller, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington`s strict 32-year-old handgun ban, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives.

District residents in the market for handguns could face a long wait -- only one dealer has stepped up so far, and his license isn`t active.

Mayor Daley wants to raise $1 million to buy back guns and remove them from Chicago streets, but the latest in a string of corporate fund-raisers got off to a slow start.

In the first hours of the first day that it was legally possible to register handguns in the nation's capital, only one person showed up to do so--and he was turned away because he didn't bring his weapon with him. Capitol Hill resident Dick A. Heller, whose lawsuit prompted the landmark Supreme Court ruling that scuttled the city's strict firearms control laws, arrived at D.C. police headquarters at 6:30 a.m., 30 minutes before the new gun registration process was scheduled to begin.

District residents can start registering their guns today. But at least one very high profile application was already rejected. Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday morning to apply for a handgun permit.

he Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over. The District of Columbia, whose handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, is still planning on banning most handguns.

Japan is set to tighten restrictions on guns and knives after a series of fatal shootings and a recent stabbing spree in a Tokyo shopping district in which seven people were killed. A panel of experts has suggested to the government that double-edged blades such as daggers be banned, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday.

"Civil liberties" mean just that to the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. By stating it respects the individual`s right to bear arms, subject to constitutionally permissible regulations, and that it will defend this right as it defends other constitutional rights, the state ACLU chapter deserves high praise indeed.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence`s Dennis Henigan has written a very interesting response to Robert Levy`s Cato Unbound essay on the future of gun rights after D.C. v. Heller.

Half a dozen Democratic state lawmakers – all of them from rural districts – want the state`s attorney general to weigh in on whether cities can ban otherwise-legal firearms on city property. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels recently issued an executive order doing so. "I`d like to know whether cities like Seattle can set aside the Bill of Rights when you walk onto city property," Rep. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, said last week.

Evanston aldermen unanimously voted to amend the city`s 27-year-old handgun ban last week at a special closed-door meeting in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a similar ban in the District of Columbia.

It`s been barely three weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Second Amendment, tossing the District of Columbia`s strict ban on handgun ownership as an unconstitutional infringement on the individual right to bear arms. As you`d expect, D.C. officials have been busy little bureaucrats since then, trying to figure out a way to get around the high court`s decision. On Monday, the D.C. council announced emergency legislation designed to update the gun ban. As expected, it`s a joke.

Home owners and “have-a go-heroes” have for the first time been given the legal right to defend themselves against burglars and muggers free from fear of prosecution.

William Greene would like to register his guns with the city of Chicago. So would Charles Wilson, Ronald Wallace, Alberto Ortega, J. Anthony Clark, Nashaat Mhanna, Thomas Scileppi and Darrell Powell. And for the life of me, I don`t really understand why we shouldn`t let them.

The majority decision and expertly-reasoned opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, more commonly known as the D.C. hand gun ban case, represent a monumental development in 2nd Amendment rights.

We may be able to measure the life of the District of Columbia’s newly proposed handgun law with a stopwatch. Unveiled today by Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council members, this measure is lawsuit bait that makes a mockery of the Supreme Court’s landmark District of Columbia v. Heller (PDF file) on June 26 by imposing maximum inconvenience on law-abiding D.C. residents who want to own firearms.

The mayor and other officials in Washington, D.C., are trying to circumvent the Supreme Court’s rejection of the District of Columbia’s gun ban, Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., says. So he is trying to repeal all restrictions the city has on guns.

Georgia-Pacific has declared that its Palatka toilet- and tissue-paper plant isn`t bound by a controversial employee gun-rights law, citing a Homeland Security exemption because the company handles barge-loads of explosive fuel.

A plan that would allow tourists to carry loaded guns in national parks is on hold, as pressure from anti-gun critics has forced an extension of the public comment period through Aug. 8.

First there was the flag pin. Barack Obama refused to wear it. Then he refused to put hand to heart during the national anthem. He sat in a pew while his pastor trashed America. He explained to his rich pals in San Francisco that the hard working folks in Middle America "cling to guns or religion” because they are “bitter” over the tough economic times.

Gov. Sonny Perdue said Monday that he believes guns should be allowed in the nonsecure areas of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, but said the issue is likely to be settled in court.

Mayor Adrian Fenty yesterday proposed regulations for gun ownership rife with inconsistencies, unenforcable requirements and policies proven to be ineffective. It is clear that the D.C. Council has no intention of taking a reasonable track toward responsible gun ownership. Seemingly, City Hall intends to make it as difficult as possible for law-abiding citizens to own a gun.

The District, rebuffed by the Supreme Court last month in a landmark decision on its 32-year-old gun ban, could soon be headed back to court over a new gun law that could take effect as early as Wednesday. "They`re doing everything that they can to not comply with the Supreme Court ruling," said Chris Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, who dismissed the proposed legislation as "a joke."

Texas students push for the right to possess firearms for self-defense on college campus.