New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg “is intensifying his pressure on Congress to enact stricter gun laws by asking some of his biggest supporters to withhold the one thing politicians love most about residents of the Big Apple: Their money,” the Washington Post reports.

“Bloomberg is sending a letter to more than 1,000 top New York-area campaign donors on Wednesday, urging them to withhold donations from four Senate Democrats who voted against a bipartisan gun bill that failed to advance in the Senate.”

The Week: “This week marks the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre that left 26 dead and served as a rallying cry for supporters of stricter gun laws. To mark that somber occasion, gun control groups are planning to fan out across the country in hopes of jump-starting a drive for new legislation…”

“Yet that renewed effort highlights the fact that Congress still hasn’t passed any new gun laws. And judging by Congress’ legislative agenda, as well as polls that have shown Americans returning to their past indifference on the issue, the prospect of gun control legislation getting a second wind seems unlikely.”

A major gun-rights bill in North Carolina “took an unexpected turn with a proposal to eliminate the law that requires people receive a permit from their county sheriff before they can buy a handgun,” the Raleigh News and Observer reports.

The bill “still requires a permit to carry concealed handguns but expands the places that those weapons can be taken: all educational property, not just public colleges and universities as an earlier version proposed; private schools, unless they prohibit weapons; parades and funeral processions, unless they’re expressly prohibited.”