Alva Review-Courier -

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Beyond the budget, the two most contentious issues of Louisiana's legislative session are shaping up to be guns and gambling. On both topics, Gov. John Bel Edwards has been noticeably quiet, seemingly hesitant to wade into new controversies when he's still mired with old ones.

The Democratic governor has offered some tempered initial thoughts and says he's studying the proposals. If legislation on the divisive topics gains traction, Edwards likely will get dragged into the disputes eventually.

About two dozen bills involving gun laws have been filed, most stemming from...