The bill would require guns to be registered and all transfers of handguns from one person to another to be recorded, much as is now done for motor vehicles.

The Senate's 29-to-5 vote this afternoon capped a five-year effort in the Legislature to require smart guns.

Some put forward the idea that only government should be allowed to create money, but this does not solve the problem because it still requires holding guns to people's heads to stop them creating their own currency.

Georgia requires loaded long guns to be carried openly unless the possessor has a Georgia Weapons License.

"Civil war doesn't necessarily require guns and artillery," Mr. Deng said to President Bush during a visit in 1989.

New Jersey is the first state to require "smart guns," which can be fired only by an authorized user, under legislation signed last week by Governor McGreevey.

Radars, like sound ranging and flash spotting, require hostile guns, etc., to fire before they can be located.

Alien contacts and conflicts (both friendly and non) form the basis of the story and provide a look at the idea that being a hero requires more than just muscles and guns.

I don't think we'll be requiring guns this afternoon.

"Civil war doesn't necessarily require guns and artillery," Mr. Deng told Mr. Bush.