United States, Mexico
Feds Say 9 Arizona Men Bought Guns at Shows, Sold to Mexican Cartels
East Valley Tribune (Arizona)
11 Dec 2008
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives and Mesa and Gilbert police Thursday arrested nine men throughout Mesa and Gilbert accused of selling firearms to a violent Mexican drug cartel, according to the ATF. Bill Newell, a special agent in charge of the ATF Phoenix office, told the Tribune the men were arrested after nearly a yearlong investigation into the federal firearms violations for selling high-powered firearms to Sinaloa, a cartel based in Sonora, Mexico. He said authorities seized a number of high-powered firearms. Sinaloa is one of four major drug cartels in Mexico and its members are currently known for purchasing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Found on 15yr-old US Schoolboy Leads to 130-Weapon Dealer Theft
Associated Press
11 Dec 2008
TACOMA, Washington -- The serial number on a handgun seized at a Pierce County junior high school has helped authorities solve a Vancouver-area firearms store theft that netted about 130 weapons. Investigators said Thursday that one of three students arrested last week at Bethel Junior High in Spanaway when two guns were seized there was involved in the Nov. 30 break-in at Brightwater Ventures. Clark County Deputy Juvenile Prosecutor Rick Olson told The Columbian he's preparing an arrest warrant to bring the 15-year-old boy to Clark County to face charges of first-degree burglary and theft of firearms. The boy has been held at Remann Hall juvenile jail... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Licensed Gun Owner, Drug Trafficker 'Known To Police,' 14 Guns Seized
Calgary Sun (Alberta)
11 Dec 2008
What started as a routine traffic stop on the QEII became anything but once Mounties found the vehicle to be armed like a fortress. RCMP pulled over a 2004 Chevy Avalanche at 4:10 p.m. on Dec. 2 after calls from frightened drivers reported the truck speeding down the highway and weaving in and out of traffic. Once the truck was stopped near the Olds overpass, Mounties were shocked to discover several thousand rounds of ammunition and nine firearms inside -- including a sawed-off shotgun and three automatic assault rifles. Three of the weapons had previously been reported stolen from Red Deer, Stettler and Sylvan Lake. Officers promptly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Must Quickly Reverse Bush's 'Firearms In Parks' Gun Lobby Gift
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), Editorial
11 Dec 2008
The federal Department of the Interior has overturned a 70-year-old ban on loaded weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges. It's a parting shot at the gun-control crowd from the Bush administration, a move designed to burnish Bush's Second-Amendment legacy and advance the pro-gun agenda. And the wildlife that inhabit our national parks, the 300 million people who visit a park each year and the rangers charged with protecting the public and these hallowed grounds are caught in the crossfire. Under the new rule, propagated by the National Rifle Association and supported by 47 U.S. senators including Republicans Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch of Utah,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria
Stiff Punishment Threatened for Nigerian Police Who 'Lose' Their Guns
Daily Trust
11 Dec 2008
The Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro said policemen whose guns are stolen or no where to be found will face stiffer punishment. Okiro gave the warning in Abuja yesterday during a meeting with Mobile Police Force Squadron (PMF) Commanders. He said any policeman who allows guns attached to him to be stolen or to get missing will be held responsible and will be punished severely. He said all guns assigned to policemen should be handled carefully as the Force will not tolerate any case of loss of fire arm. He directed that all mobile policemen be given four pairs of uniform with new modified badges. He said, "The barges will... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
Texas Man Held for Buying, Smuggling 'Cop Killer' FN Handgun to Mexico
El Paso Times (Texas)
11 Dec 2008
EL PASO -- A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a U.S. citizen living in Juárez on charges of smuggling drugs and an immigrant and of providing false information to buy weapons, including an FN Herstal 5.7 "cop killer" handgun allegedly used in a crime in Mexico City, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Ramon Eduardo Gandara, 30, faces up to life in prison if convicted in the 35-count indictment. The government seeks the forfeiture of $185,000 allegedly linked to illegal activity. On Nov. 4, Gandara was arrested when 243 grams of cocaine, 17.5 grams of methamphetamine, pills and an undocumented immigrant were found in a recreational vehicle that Gandara... ( gunpolicy.org )
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