All proved to be relatively noncontroversial in the gun-control debate in the House in June and passed decisively.

He says the disease-control agency is looking for preventive measures "that are politically and socially acceptable" to people on both sides of the gun-control debate.

Today, he walked into a small gun-control debate of his own.

Perhaps the most powerful symbol of the changing dynamics of the gun-control debate in state legislatures is from California.

On Thursday evening, long after prime time, the House turned to the gun-control debate, which is the preferred political ground of the Democrats.

The focus of the gun-control debate this year will most likely continue to be on Federal legislation to mandate a waiting period before a person can buy a handgun.

Both sides in the gun-control debate see useful arguments in the California gun-buying binge.

But the extraordinary political contortions accompanying the gun-control debate made for high drama even this early in the legislative process.

The May 16 ruling did not turn on the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, which is the traditional focus of gun-control debates.

Mr. Feighan also complained of the rifle association's influence on the gun-control debate.