United States
8 Year-old Arizona Boy Charged with Shooting, Killing Father and Friend
Sydney Morning Herald
10 Nov 2008
It's a crime that police officers in a small eastern Arizona community in the US can hardly fathom yet have to deal with: an eight-year-old has been charged with the fatal shootings of his father and another man. "Who would think an eight-year-old kid could kill two adults?" St Johns Police Chief Roy Melnick said. The crime that unfolded sent shock waves through St Johns, a community of about 4000 people north-east of Phoenix. The boy had no disciplinary record at school, and there was no indication he had any problems at home, prosecutors said. "It was such a tragedy," the boy's attorney, Benjamin Brewer, said. "You have two people dead; you... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
State Must Allow Seattle to Ban Hidden Handguns in Public Buildings
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Editorial
10 Nov 2008
The mayor of Seattle and the attorney general disagree about the legality of the city's gun ban on public property. Attorney General Rob McKenna says state law "does pre-empt a city's authority to adopt firearms laws or regulations of application to the general public, unless specifically authorized by state law." However, Regina LaBelle, legal counsel to Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, told the P-I: "We always have to keep in mind not just state law but also federal laws. But our bottom line is that we want to have common-sense gun laws." We absolutely agree -- and think the Legislature should take this "case" up quickly and specifically authorize... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Sales Soared 15% in Oct; Nov/Dec Even Higher on Obama Win?
Agence France Presse
10 Nov 2008
Sales of guns in the US are on the rise as gun enthusiasts fear President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress will impose new restrictions on firearms. For the month of October, as Obama appeared headed for victory, sales of guns jumped 15 percent, with about 150,000 long-guns sold for a total of 1.18 million firearms purchased, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which checks police records of gun buyers. Although more recent figures are not yet available, the spike in sales of rifles, handguns and semi-automatics began in the spring and surged in October. "Certainly the election has something to do with... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Sales Up 14% as 'Suspicious Gun Lovers' Show Fear of Obama
Irish Times
10 Nov 2008
CHANTILLY, Virginia -- Earl Curtis's staff in the Blue Ridge Arsenal gunshop hurried to and fro on a Saturday afternoon coping with the rush of customers that has emerged in recent weeks since people realised that Barack Obama was heading to the White House. "The rush started about three weeks ago, and it hasn't stopped," Curtis tells The Irish Times . "People are afraid that we are about to go back to the days of the Clintons, except that it will be worse." The same sales peak is evident throughout the US -- in states such as New York and New Jersey with more restrictive gun laws to places like Colorado and Tennessee where curbs are light. During... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
What President Obama Can Do to Rapidly Reduce US Gun Violence
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
10 Nov 2008
President Elect Obama should implement 7 tested and proven initiatives that will have an immediate impact on reducing gun related violence, accidents and suicides without affecting the Second Amendment or having any negative impact on responsible and law abiding gun owners Of the average 34,000 gun deaths in the US every year approximately 11,000 are homicides, 18,000 are suicides and 5,000 are unintentional accidents. We can change these horrific numbers. If I were President Obama, one of my first acts would be the immediate implementation the following gun violence prevention initiatives to reduce gun access by children, criminals and terrorists without... ( gunpolicy.org )
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