Ireland
Gun Law Slips, Handgun Permits Soar, Firearms Leak to Crime in Ireland
Independent (Dublin)
14 Nov 2008
The Garda Commissioner is powerless to stop the increase in the number of legally held handguns -- which could be ending up in the hands of criminals. The number of licensed handguns has increased from just one in 2003 to 1,800 now due to a relaxation in the licensing rules. Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy yesterday said he was unable to give guidelines on the issuing of firearms licences to his superintendents -- and the courts were often over-ruling their refusal decisions. "On the one hand, we have to licence Glock pistols; and on the other hand, we are seeing known criminals using these Glock pistols to kill people," he said. According... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia, West Africa
West African NGOs Call for Ratification of Anti-gun Trafficking Convention
Afrique en ligne / PANA
14 Nov 2008
BANJUL, Gambia -- The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), alarmed at the high number of small arms and light weapons in the sub-region, on Friday called on civil society organizations to engage policy makers to ratify the relevant convention. Ms. Pamela Cole, National Coordinator of WANEP, made the call at the end of a civil society organization training on how to build network and ensure that decision-makers are influenced towards policy change. She said with the presence of eight million small arms in West Africa, as indicated by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) report on small arms and light weapons, WANEP had found it... ( gunpolicy.org )
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