Turkey
Handguns, Uzi Found as Istanbul Officials' Bodyguards Flee Turkish Police
Sabah (Istanbul)
13 May 2008
A luxurious automobile, found with guns in Kadiköy turns out to belong to Çakrak, the chairman of Istanbul's Service Bus Executives Chamber. 'Yunus' motorcycle police teams, who were making rounds in Kadiköy, Istanbul searched a suspicious luxurious automobile and seized one Uzi with a silencer, one Glock, which is undetectable by x-ray machines and one Smith-Wesson gun. The team followed the car, loaded with six passengers trying to get away, and caught them red-handed as they tried to unload the weapons from the vehicle by throwing them onto the side of the road. It has been revealed that the car belonged to the chairman of Istanbul's Service... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Gun Trafficking Task Force Arrests 19, Runs 600 Investigations
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)
13 May 2008
Philadelphia task force announced yesterday that 19 more people had been charged with illegally transferring or possessing handguns. The new cases include 15 arrests and arrest warrants issued for four others between April 15 and last Tuesday, officials of the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force said. These cases bring the total number of arrests to 165 since the task force was formed in December 2006, officials said. The task force is composed of special investigators and veteran prosecutors from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, working closely with Philadelphia police. It has opened... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pro-gun Campaign Targets New Wal-Mart Policies to Curb US Gun Running
Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh)
13 May 2008
Is America's largest retailer getting out of the hunting and fishing business? If not, it certainly seems to be cutting back. Earlier this year, Wal-Mart told fishing tackle suppliers that their gear -- like fabrics and other "rural products" -- might be removed from some stores altogether, or at least be stocked only seasonally. That doesn't mean Wal-Mart is getting out of the fishing business, company executives said. Nor is the company turning its back on hunters, they added. But recently, Wal-Mart joined New York mayor Michael Bloomberg at a gathering of his group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, to announce a series of changes to the way... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Man Uses Loaded Gun as a Backscratcher, Shoots Himself
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
13 May 2008
A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself. Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. Sunday in his home in the 3500 block of Montague Street, when he got up from the table and walked into another room, said Fort Worth police Lt. Kenneth Dean. "He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of, which was a revolver," Lt. Dean said. "The gun went off." Mr. Espinal went back and told his buddies that he shot himself. "They didn't believe him until they saw the blood coming down his back," Lt. Dean said. Mr.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Owners Join Moderate Pro-gun Group to Counter 'Terrorist' NRA
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania), Column
13 May 2008
Mayor Nutter and Gov. Rendell are taking aim and don't plan to let up. In the aftermath of the cold-blooded killing of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski with a semiautomatic weapon, they made a written appeal to lawmakers in Harrisburg last week. Man up -- now. Stand up for the state's law enforcement officers and ban the possession, manufacture, use and importation of assault weapons. This latest action comes on the heels of the mayor, no doubt sick and tired of being sick and tired of Harrisburg's failure to get any traction on gun control, signing five new gun laws that were to take effect immediately. He had to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US NRA Chief Stresses Common Ground with Republican John McCain
Washington Post / AP
13 May 2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- A top official of the National Rifle Association said Republican John McCain has been a reliable ally of gun owners despite divisions with the powerful lobbying group on some issues. "We've had our disagreements, everybody knows it," NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. "I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on those. We're not foolish enough to ignore the vast areas of agreement in which John McCain has been a friend to gun owners." McCain is scheduled to address the NRA convention Friday in Louisville, Ky. The likely Republican presidential nominee has... ( gunpolicy.org )
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