United Kingdom
British Teen Shot in Heart, Killed as Friends Play with Airgun
BBC News
2 Oct 2008
A teenager told a friend: "Careful where you're pointing that rifle", moments before he was accidentally shot in the heart, an inquest has been told. The air rifle went off, and Daniel Marsh, 17, was killed. A coroner called it "a terrible tragedy" as he recorded a misadventure verdict at the inquest in Newport. Daniel's cousin Aaron Marsh, 17, and friend Mark Drew, 19, were arrested but no further action is to be taken, the hearing was told. Mr Drew was holding the gun at the time, the inquest heard. The accident happened on 12 November last year in the Maesglas area of Newport. The inquest was told how the young... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Study Finds US Gun Shows Don't Increase Homicide, Suicide Rates
Detroit News
2 Oct 2008
ANN ARBOR -- Gun shows don't contribute to increased homicide or suicide rates, according to results of a study announced Wednesday by the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The joint University of Michigan and University of Maryland examination of gun death data in the weeks surrounding more than 3,400 California and Texas gun shows concluded tighter regulation of the flea market-like operations did nothing to reduce firearms-related deaths in the following month. Researchers compared gunshot death data surrounding every known gun show in California and Texas between 1994 and 2004. California has some of the most stringent... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
No Need for Guns in Georgia Bars, Churches, Schools, Mental Hospitals
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Editorial
2 Oct 2008
The most telling -- and troubling -- moment of a recent daylong state Senate hearing on Georgia gun laws came when state Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) insisted that the right to possess firearms is absolute and any restriction on gun ownership is unconstitutional. In other words, it would be unconstitutional to ban possession of rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and M-1 tanks. That extreme position startled many people at the hearing, including Valerie Hartman Levy, president and co-founder of the Metro Atlanta Million Mom March. Does that mean that if the evolution of firearms eventually led to nuclear-tipped guns, the government would... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Stray Bullet Kills 16-year-old Standing at 2nd Floor Window in Philippines
GMA News TV (Manila)
2 Oct 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Police in Quezon City are now looking for a man who fired his gun, after a stray bullet from the weapon hit and killed a 16-year-old boy. Radio dzBB reported early Thursday that the victim, initially identified as Ralph Ronald Mamos, died before doctors at the General Malvar Hospital could treat his injuries. The boy died from a gunshot wound to the side of the body. The bullet exited through his lungs. Initial investigation showed the victim was at the second floor of his house when a shot rang out. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Group Urges Marking Ammunition as Crime Busting Tool
Washington Times
2 Oct 2008
A gun-control advocate told the D.C. Council's public safety committee Wednesday that officials should consider adopting a complex method of ballistics tracking to help identify guns used in the city. "In crime scenes, what we find are cartridges and no guns," said Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. "Microstamping can provide the link between the gun and cartridge." Mr. Horwitz's comments came during a hearing before the council's Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary regarding gun laws in the District. Temporary legislation passed by the council last month aims to comply with a U.S. Supreme... ( gunpolicy.org )
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