Press

• Alaska

• Begich and Murkowski's gun vote disappoints on many levels (Juneau Empire)
• Begich, Murkowski reveal reasoning for voting against gun control bill (Anchorage Daily News)
• Letter: Manchin has guts others lack (Anchorage Daily News)
• Senate rejects series of tougher gun control measures (Anchorage Daily News)
• Yes, we need background checks (Frontiersman)

• Maine

• Legislature sustains many, but not all, of LePage's vetoes (Portland Press Herald)
• Maine Legislature passes bill that promotes background checks for private gun sales (Bangor Daily News)
• Maine Senate rejects gun show background check bill (Bangor Daily News)
• Maine senators mourn defeat of gun compromise (Portland Press Herald)
• Susan Collins, gun rights group announce support for background check compromise (Bangor Daily News)
• Collins supports plan to expand background checks (Portland Press Herald)

• National / General

• 6 months after Newtown, a push to fight on (The Boston Globe)
• Biden: Obama team not giving up on gun legislation (USA Today)
• Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly plan multistate guns tour (Politico)
• Giffords and Kelly hope to revive gun debate with fly-around tour of key states (Washington Post)
• How senators voted: Expanding gun background checks (USA Today)
• Manchin still pushing for stricter firearm laws (Associated Press)
• Nation's mayors meet in Vegas amid gun debate (Associated Press)
• Sandy Hook families try to revive gun-control debate with Hill visits (National Journal)

• Nevada

• A gun control measure even a gun lover can love (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Governor vetoes gun bill, says it would erode rights (Las Vegas Sun)
• Mayors expected to support gun background checks at Las Vegas conference (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Post-legislative session bill tally: 558 signed, 17 vetoed (Reno Gazette-Journal)
• Reid says he won’t weaken gun background checks in US Senate bill (Associated Press)

• New Hampshire

• Ayotte hears about gun vote at gathering (Union Leader)
• Ayotte votes no on gun sale background checks (Union Leader)
• Gun Background Vote Causes Heat At Home For N.H. Sen. Ayotte (NPR)
• Hassan, N.H. officials think it's time to include mental health records in gun background checks (Concord Monitor)
• In New Hampshire, Senator Finds Her Vote on Gun Bill Is Hot Topic (New York Times)
• N.H. gun law has controversial loophole (Seacoast Online)

• North Carolina

• Misfiring gun legislation (Durham Herald-Sun)
• NC bill would do away with handgun permits (News & Observer)
• NC voters support background checks for gun buyers (News & Observer)
• Sens. Burr, Hagan on opposite sides of gun-control bill (Charlotte Observer)

• North Dakota

• Disagreeing with Hoeven, Heitkamp (The Bismarck Tribune)
• Giffords to visit North Dakota, promote mandatory background checks for gun purchase (WDAZ – ABC Grand Forks, ND)
• Heitkamp says no on gun control proposal (The Bismarck Tribune)
• Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks (Minot Daily News)
• Vote ignored the will of the people (The Bismarck Tribune)

• Ohio

• 6 months later, more guns, no new laws (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to take part in Northside Fourth of July parade (WCPO – ABC Cincinnati)
• Ohio called a gun conduit (The Toledo Blade)
• Portman a target in push for new gun laws (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Portman urged to reconsider stand (Cincinnati.com)
• Sen. Rob Portman targeted by gun control advocates after background check vote (The Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
• Wave of legislation would expand gun rights in Ohio (The Cleveland Plain-Dealer)