Frequent headlines: “Officer shot... Deputy recovering from gun shot... Bicyclist shoots officer in the face.” I ask the governor, the powers that be and Legislature to have a heart for the officers and their families. Arizona leads in lax gun regulation. (Former state Sen.) Russell Pierce led the foolish effort for the good, bad and feeble to carry concealed weapons without instructions or permits.

The Arizona Senate has voted to make it illegal to sell a weapon at a gun show without verifying that the purchaser is an American citizen.

LAS VEGAS — Nevada officials say they're no longer recognizing concealed weapons permits from Arizona after the state relaxed some of its training requirements.

“President Obama can set an example by disarming his secret service entourage and declare his upcoming taxpayer-funded Hawaiian holiday a gun-free vacation.”

State Senator Ron Gould is one persistent man.

Concealed weapons: Get a permit anyway

I am so sick and tired of the people who hate guns coming out of the woodwork every time there is a tragedy.

In American political culture, we prove we’re concerned about something by spending money on it. Americans are obviously concerned about protecting schools from more mass shootings after Newtown. But in this case, the best response may not be the most expensive.

WASHINGTON - Terrorists might try to bomb buses and rail lines in major U.S. cities this summer, according to a government bulletin issued to law enforcement officials nationwide.

WASHINGTON - Terrorists might try to bomb buses and rail lines in major U.S. cities this summer, according to a government bulletin issued to law enforcement officials nationwide.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to allow guns onto college campuses.

The notion that students should be allowed to carry guns on a college campus is a bad idea. No, it is a really bad idea.

State lawmakers are going to give Gov. Jan Brewer another chance to legalize guns in public buildings.

The issue of gun control has once again come to the surface, in light of several bills passed by the state Legislature before the session ended.

Calling the legislation "poorly written,'' Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed individuals to carry their weapons in the public rights of way going through university and community college campuses.

Calling the legislation "poorly written,'' Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed individuals to carry their weapons in the public rights of way going through university and community college campuses.

Calling the legislation "poorly written,'' Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed individuals to carry their weapons in the public rights of way going through university and community college campuses.

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Arizona's faculty associations, student associations, chiefs of campus police, administration and governing board remain united in their opposition to legislation that would allow concealed weapons on college and university campuses.

Jan Brewer said Monday she's "not sure'' whether the shootings in Connecticut mean Arizona needs to revisit the various laws expanding the right to carry weapons in public she has signed in her four years as governor.

Gov. Jan Brewer -- or at least her attorneys -- will get a chance to argue that Arizona should be allowed to enforce a law aimed at those who harbor illegal immigrants.

State lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to letting teachers legally carry weapons in at least some public schools.

The murder rampage in Aurora, Colorado, has caused some to conclude that had more people in the movie theater been armed, perhaps 40 people would have been killed, and that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution “applies to ONLY those people who are in the militias.”

Gov. Jan Brewer is opening up a new front in her legal battle over the state’s 2010 immigration law.