A Nationwide Backlash

State and local governments are taking aim at the gun industry, either by enacting legislation or by filing lawsuits

1 ARIZONA G.O.P. Governor Jane Dee Hull vetoes a bill that would have prevented cities and counties from enacting gun controls

2 CALIFORNIA Gun purchases are limited to one a month; lawmakers tighten assault-weapons ban. Laws are among the toughest

3 COLORADO Legislators kill a bill making it easier to win concealed-guns permits; officials mulling new restrictions on the permits

4 CONNECTICUT A new law allows police to obtain a warrant to confiscate the guns of someone who might injure himself or others

5 FLORIDA Lawmakers withdraw a conceal-carry bill; Governor Jeb Bush hails law stiffening sentences of those who use...

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