A quick computer check of handgun registrations revealed no record of the psychiatrist ever having purchased this gun or any other.

The argument that such a program would do no more to reduce crime than handgun registration had done in his native New York City didn't persuade him either.

She then discussed a number of the issues that have become common themes in her campaign speeches: her support for mandatory handgun registration and for targeted tax cuts, like tax deductions for college tuition, and the need to modernize New York's school buildings.

Both officials supported the belief that lower taxes will promote a stronger economy and favored laws against bias crime and called for nationwide handgun registration.

The leaders are calling for handgun registration and licensing - a reasonably dramatic demand - but they are not even insisting that the president sign on.

In a speech at the annual meeting of the British Columbia Wildlife Federation, a hunting group, Mr. Heston said Canadians' surrender to gun controls started in 1934, when handgun registration went into effect.

While the state does not have handgun registration, it does require permits.

In 1997, while the Assault Weapons Ban was in effect, he called for a stricter federal ban on assault weapons and for handgun registration on the federal level.

Also in 2008, Murphy was an original co-sponsor of legislation that would repeal the District of Columbia's ban on semi-automatic weapons and mandatory handgun registration.

In accordance to North Carolina Law, no other county or local government may require handgun registration.