Senate Committee Approves Gun Trafficking Bill

Three months after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the first of four bills aimed at tightening gun control in the United States.

Jason Zielinski shows a customer an AR-15 style rifle at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on Dec. 17, 2012, in Tinley Park, Ill. Americans purchased a record number of guns of guns in 2012. Gun sales have surged recently, following the mass shooting in Connecticut and in anticipation of a reinstatement of a weapons ban. About 47 percent of Americans own guns. Scott Olson/Getty Images