Nigeria, West Africa
West African Civil Society Groups Praised for Role in Curbing Gun Violence
Afrique en Ligne / PANA
15 May 2008
LAGOS, Nigeria -- The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Wednesday praised civil society organisations for their role in the ongoing campaign to achieve the level of ratification required to make the regional Convention to check the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa operational. During his meeting in Nigeria's federal capital city Abuja with the President of the West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), Dr. Baffour Amoah, the ECOWAS boss described the organisations as important partners at the grassroots in not only the campaign for ratification but in the effort to implement the Convention. Five... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Mayors Air Gun Control TV Ads Just as McCain Courts NRA in Kentucky
New York Times / City Room, Blog
15 May 2008
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition founded by Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, announced today that it was placing a television advertisement in Kentucky, which is holding Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on May 20. But anyone who expected the nonpartisan group to take a stand that could affect the fortunes of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain is likely to be disappointed. The ad is intended "to highlight the presidential candidates' shared support for closing the gun show loophole, a background check gap that enables prohibited purchasers to avoid checks by buying firearms at gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Campaigner Weathers 2-hour TV Grilling by Stephen Colbert
News-Sentinel (Indiana)
15 May 2008
Second Amendment. Great amendment or best amendment ever? That question never made the final cut of Paul Helmke's Tuesday night interview on "The Colbert Report," but the former Fort Wayne mayor and president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence had plenty to answer in a nearly two-hour session that was edited into a six-and-a-half minute segment. Stephen Colbert, the lefty provocateur on the Comedy Central network whose shtick is posing as a pompous Bill O'Reilly wannabe, playfully ridiculed Helmke's beliefs in imposing more gun regulation and restrictions. "They may hate guns, but they have no problem blasting holes in the Constitution," Colbert... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Police Union Pushes to Rearm Australia's Final Force with Semi-auto Pistols
Age (Melbourne) / AAP
15 May 2008
Police Association secretary Paul Mullett says Victoria Police is "pontificating" over a "no-brainer" decision over whether to introduce semi-automatic weapons. Mr Mullett said there was a history of evidence that strongly supports moving to semi-automatics. The wounding of Senior Constable David McHenry, 27, during a shoot-out on Tuesday night has renewed union calls for Victorian police to be armed with semi-automatic pistols. Mr Mullett said Victoria was the only state in the country whose police force was lagging behind with an "antiquated weapon". He said Senior Constable McHenry's revolver had expended its six rounds. If... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Licensed Canadian Gun Collector Fired Shots in House, Lost 500 Firearms
Canadian Press
15 May 2008
SUDBURY, Ontario -- A 76-year-old Sudbury, Ont., man has agreed to give up his cache of weapons and pay a $1,000 fine on three firearms-related charges. When police entered Georgio Bassetti's apartment on Feb. 29, in they found rooms full of hundreds of weapons, ammunition and six gunshot holes in the ceiling. It took police days to remove all of the weapons found inside the apartment. Assistant Crown attorney Karen Lische told court Wednesday that police got a call that someone in the apartment had fired a weapon. Police cleared the downtown residential block and ordered all of the tenants of the eight-unit building out. Tactical... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hidden Handguns NOT Allowed at McCain Speech to NRA - Secret Service
WHAS-TV News (Kentucky)
15 May 2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- It's expected to bring some 60,000 people to Louisville and some prominent political figures, including presidential candidate John McCain. The NRA convention starts Friday at the Kentucky Exposition Center. We first told you on WHAS11 news that guns would be allowed at Friday's event with McCain. Now we've learned that's changed. The south wing was bustling with activity Thursday, the day before the National Rifle Association Convention opens in Louisville. Workers set up 8,000 chairs for the sold-out program featuring Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Guns are not barred from the state-owned south... ( gunpolicy.org )
Angola
Gun Amnesty Collects 1,654 Illegal Firearms for Destruction in Angola
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
15 May 2008
UIGE -- Some 1,654 fire-arms of various types were handed over voluntarily, by citizens owning them illegally, to the National Police in the northern Uige Province, from April up to the present date, said Thursday the province's deputy governor for organisation and technical services, Miguel Cutoca. Speaking to ANGOP, Miguel Cutoca, who is also coordinator of the provincial commission for disarmament, said that during this period several ammunitions were equally handed over. He said that the citizens are collaborating positively to the appeals of the authorities to hand over these means to the National Police, guaranteeing that the government will continue... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada, United States
Canadian Smuggled In 21 Assault Rifles Purchased Legally from US - RCMP
News Durham Region (Ontario)
15 May 2008
BOWMANVILLE -- A Bowmanville man faces dozens of charges after a months-long investigation into the illegal importation of weapons -- including assault rifles and a grenade launcher -- from the United States into Canada. Officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) raided a Bowmanville home Wednesday with the assistance of Durham police, arresting a resident and capping a 16-month investigation. RCMP Corporal Marc LaPorte said the lengthy probe uncovered an operation in which a suspect bought and imported guns and ammunition from American arms dealers, apparently with the goal of reselling them here. Guns -- including 21 assault rifles, a handgun,... ( gunpolicy.org )
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