Governor Jerry Brown announced here in California to put ban on openly carrying handguns in public. AB144 makes it illegal to carry an unloaded handgun in any public place or street or in vehicles. Hunting and shooting events will be exempted from this. Law enforcement personnel are exempt as are hunters and others carrying unloaded weapons under specified licensed circumstances.The law will be enacted on January 1st, and offenders will face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

China’s Culture Ministry ordered to remove those Websites in China that feature music by artists such as Lady Gaga and the Backstreet Boys. The ministry said that said that if anyone by did cheating and posted them so they will surely be punished. The ministry posted a list of 100 songs - including Lady Gaga's "Judas" and Perry's "Last Friday Night" because they had never been submitted for mandatory government screening.

Katy Perry’s ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)’ has been banned, most likely for its lyrical content, which includes describing drinking alcohol, running naked and a “menage a trois”. Lady Gaga's six songs from her latest album are also banned. 'I Want it That Way' of Backstreet Boys is also banned.

The French government has enacted a new law prohibiting Muslims from praying in the streets. France banned Muslim Friday prayers outside the room. France is home to the biggest Muslim minority in Western Europe.
The street-prayer ban has highlighted France’s problems assimilating its 5-million-strong Muslim community, which lacks prayer space, and follows a long-running controversy. The government argued, to pray outside the room was embarrassing themselves. French interior minister Claude Gueant said, “Street prayers must stop because they hurt the feelings of many of our compatriots who are shocked by the occupation of the public space for a religious practice.”

 

Brantford, a city in southwestern Ontario, became the first Canadian jurisdiction to ban shark fin products. Hawaii and Washington State have already passed legislation banning shark fin products. Shark fins are used in a soup that is often served at traditional Chinese weddings. The ban on any use of shark fin will impose fines ranging from $5,000 for a first offense to $100,000 for a third offense. European Parliament also Supports Strengthening the EU Finning Ban.