United States
Gang Killers Dropped 'Disposable' AK-47s - Trend Worries Florida Police
Orlando Sentinel (Florida)
11 Oct 2008
Orange County's latest murders reflect an alarming trend for law enforcement: urban firefights with dozens of shots fired. The shooters in Tuesday night's double killing outside a Pine Hills apartment complex emptied two AK-47s into the victims and fled, discarding the assault rifles, two handguns and a shotgun. "They just disposed of them like disposable cigarette lighters, I guess, because they're so easy to get," sheriff's homicide Detective Dave Clark said Friday. "I mean, it's really unusual for people to leave stuff like this behind." Andre Patterson, 27, and Joshua Sharpe, 25, were shot repeatedly in the parking lot of Kensington Cottages... ( gunpolicy.org )
Algeria
Gendarmes Steal, Sell Police Machine Gun, Confiscated Rifles in Algeria
El Khabar (Algeria)
11 Oct 2008
2 National Gendarmerie agents have been arrested after being charged of stealing 2 weapons a National Gendarmerie brigade in Oum Bouaghi province eastern Algeria. Both defendants have stolen PA arms, and several rifles. These arms have been withdrawn from citizens in the 90's, while one gun machine belonged to the National Gendarmerie, a local source said. According to the investigation clues, the arms have been sold for an amount exceeding 100 thousand AD each. They have likely been sold to support cells in charge of supplying terrorist groups harbouring in Aures region, or to smuggling networks, which use them to secure their trafficking operations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Unchecked Gun Trade Fuels Conflict, Poverty: UN Treaty Seen As Urgent
Inter Press Service News Agency
11 Oct 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- With 1.3 trillion dollars spent every year on the world's militaries, countries enmeshed in conflict are often flooded by weapons which are then turned against helpless civilian populations, say human rights organisations pushing for an international treaty to closely regulate arms sales. "If a country is likely to be involved in warfare, then it is unjustifiable to sell arms. There must be regulation or control of arms -- especially when the countries that are buying them are involved in a conflict," Valentino Deng told IPS in an interview. Deng's experiences formed the basis of Dave Eggers's recent novel "What is the What", which... ( gunpolicy.org )
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