It was revealed on Tuesday that the recently elected head of the National Rifle Association was the president of his fraternity when he and four brothers tortured and killed their house cat because it wasn't using its litter box.
NRA publication, America's 1st Freedom, tweeted on Monday a menacing image of bullets next to pictures of two lawmakers who have supported ammunition control bills. New York lawmakers condemned the intimidating tweet.
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a ballot initiative aimed at strengthening the state's gun control laws by banning possession of large-capacity magazines and requiring background checks for ammunition purchases.
Japan's nuclear regulator said an accident on the scale of the 2011 Fukushima disaster would not occur under new safety rules imposed on reactors such as Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai No.1, set to be the first to restart since Fukushima, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
