Mayor Bloomberg to run anti-illegal gun ad during Super Bowl - The biggest score of all at the Super Bowl might be made by Mayor Bloomberg.  In an unprecedented move, the mayor and his national coalition against illegal guns plan to air a 30-second ad during the big game, which draws some of the highest TV ratings of the year and traditionally serves as a platform for memorable and very expensive commercials.  Bloomberg disclosed today that he and Boston Mayor Tom Menino -- who serves as both co-chair of the mayor's coalition and host mayor of the rival New England Patriots -- have already filmed the ad that's going to be screened in selected regional markets on Sunday.

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Federal official in Arizona to plead the fifth and not answer questions on 'furious' - The chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify before Congress regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the federal gun-running scandal that sent U.S. weapons to Mexico.  Patrick J. Cunningham informed the House Oversight Committee late Thursday through his attorney that he will use the Fifth Amendment protection.

Long Island Pharmacies Taking Action To Prevent Armed Robberies - Pharmacists on Long Island operating smaller independent shops are taking their personal safety to another level.  Without citing specific data, Nassau and Suffolk County officials say they've noticed a spike in the number of applications for gun permits.  Pharmacists cite last year's Father's Day massacre in a mom and pop pharmacy in Medford and this New Year's Eve attempted robbery at another independent pharmacy in Seaford, Long Island that claimed the life of an off-duty federal agent.

The strange birth of NY’s gun laws - Recent months have seen a former Marine from Indiana, a Tea Party activist from California and a nurse from Tennessee all arrested and charged in New York City for possession of firearms they had legal permits to carry back home. All were “nabbed” when they naively sought to check the weapon with security. These innocents fell afoul of the nation’s toughest gun laws. But few New Yorkers know how those laws came to be. The father of New York gun control was Democratic city pol “Big Tim “Sullivan — a state senator and Tammany Hall crook, a criminal overseer of the gangs of New York.

More women owning guns - Gun counters usually crowded with men, are now seeing a new trend across the country. More women are purchasing pistols, but it's not surprising many firearms departments.  Gander Mountain Firearms Sales Associate Nigel Lopez said, "I've seen more women interested in obtaining a pistol permit to carry concealed for personal protection. That's been the number one thing."