Here is the full White House brief on the president's gun proposals, via Scribd:

White House gun proposals

Decrying missed opportunities and failed leadership, city Controller Michael Lamb came to a Brookline coffee shop this morning to launch his bid to oust Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.

"It's time to expect more than the status quo, Mr. Lamb said before a crowd of about 70 supporters gathered in Cannon Coffee. "I'll be a mayor who expects more."

Mr. Lamb is the second city official to announce a challenge for the Democratic nomination for the post. Earlier this month, city Councilman Bill Peduto kicked off his campaign in with a combination rally and fund-raiser that drew roughly 1,000 supporters.

Mr. Lamb, 50, pointed to his record as controller and his leadership role in the move to overhaul Allegheny County government as evidence of the energy he would bring to the mayor's office.

He contrasted that record with those of "an absentee mayor and a councilman who talks a lot but hasn't accomplished much."

Mr. Lamb, a Mount Washington resident, went to grade school and high school not far from where he stood this morning, at St. Catherine School, then at South Hills Catholic and Seton LaSalle High School. He graduated from Penn State and earned a law degree at Duquesne University, and a master in public policy at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Photo: Lamb campaign

Some stories to catch up on while waiting for President Obama's gun regulation speech later today:

U.S. Sen Pat Toomey was in Pittsburgh for meetings yesterday and told the P-G's Jim O'Toole of his plans to re-introduce his debt bill next week amid hopes of forcing a spending showdown with the Obama team:

"This is too important an opportunity to make progress on the biggest problem the federal government faces," said the former chairman of the Club for Growth.

Mr. Toomey disputed the notion that a debt ceiling battle would do any significant lasting damage to the nation's economy. He argued further that Republicans should continue the effort to starve spending as Congress and the administration approach two more fiscal crossroads -- the postponed deadline for the appropriations sequester, or across-the-board cuts in military and discretionary spending negotiated as part of an earlier debt ceiling confrontation in 2011, and the late March expiration of the continuing resolution that authorizes government spending in the absence of traditional budget legislation.

"For the sake of our economy and the world economy, we have to get off the road to Greece," Mr. Toomey said. "If it takes an unpleasant battle over the debt limit to bring this president to the table, the president who is, I think, outrageously refusing to even have a discussion about this ... he needs to come to the table and have a discussion."

Karen Langley and Laura Olson covered the inaugurals of AG Kathleen Kane (above) and others yesterday.

Moriah Balingit has the story on Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announcing a public safety blitz on South Side revelry this weekend, though details were scarce.

Turns out Keith Rothfus was a trailblazer, not an outlier, when it comes to Republican opposition to Hurricane Sandy relief.

The Sewickley freshman took it on the chin for his first vote against emergency aid after the NJ/NY superstorm but by last night had two-thirds of the entire House GOP sharing his position and even pushing a bold but failed Tea Party-supported effort to cut billions in spending (including on defense) to offset one plank of the relief effort. Locally, Tim Murphy and Mike Kelly joined him in the votes. (The roll call is here.)

Only Republicans from the northeast joining with Democrats got the relief pushed by Chris Christie and others approved, in what presages more brutal fights the next time another part of the nation faces a natural disaster, along with related and ongoing fights on other spending plans.

In other words Washington really is getting as dysfunctional as Greece, just as Rothfus and others have lately been saying.

From my story:

The vote followed the unorthodox pattern of the tax deal that temporarily resolved the "fiscal cliff" dilemma in Congress two weeks ago, with every Democrat joining Republicans from areas affected by the October storm and a few GOP leaders to approve the relief package. Congress awarded the emergency aid notwithstanding complaints from conservatives who said the spending should have been balanced with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

. . . "Unfortunately, the package voted on today results in another $50 billion borrowed from our kids and grandkids. Moving forward, I will work with my colleagues to craft better ways to budget and pay for future natural disaster relief," Mr. Rothfus said.