United States
Customer Caught Stealing Two Pistols from Washington Gun Show
Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington)
17 Nov 2008
YAKIMA -- A 23-year-old Granger man makes his first court appearance this afternoon on suspicion of stealing a pistol from a Yakima gun show this weekend. The man was arrested about noon Sunday after a customer spotted the man taking the gun out of the Yakima Convention, where the show was held Saturday and Sunday. Two federal immigration agents who were at the show learned of the theft and saw the suspect place two guns in the trunk of a car that was parked at the nearby 7-Eleven store on Yakima Avenue, according to a Yakima police report filed in Yakima County Superior Court. Authorities later determined that a second pistol, valued at $700,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Timor-Leste
Gun Control, Leakage of Police, Military Weapons Still Haunt East Timor
ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave), Transcript
17 Nov 2008
STEPHANIE MARCH: The mismanagement of government stockpiles of weapons by authorities is a common thread throughout East Timor's relationship with small arms over the past 50 years. Most recently, soldier turned rebel Alfredo Reinado and his followers who were in possession of police weapons shot and seriously injured President Jose Ramos Horta in February this year. Weak government gun control first became a problem in 1959 in the mountain district of Viqueque when a group of anti-imperialist rebels seized 48 weapons from government offices and launched a bloody yet unsuccessful rebellion. At various times over the next five decades non-state groups used weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )
Timor-Leste
Gun Control, Leakage of Police, Military Weapons Still Haunt East Timor
ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave)
17 Nov 2008
A new report by the Small Arms Survey group says East Timor still has a serious problem with controlling weapons. Weapons collections and an attempt to introduce gun control legislation to parliament are signs the government is aware there is a problem, the report's author says. However, it is the current and previous government's lack of small arms control within the security forces that poses the greatest danger. In June, the government introduced a new gun law to parliament, but it was widely criticised for seeking to allow civilians to be armed, and because it put the power to issue gun licenses solely in the hands of the police commander.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Thailand, Russia, United States, United Nations
Merchant of Death Who Armed The World: BBC 'Full Story' on Viktor Bout
BBC Two / This World
17 Nov 2008
Viktor Bout, the man accused by Western governments of being the world's biggest arms dealer, has been held in a Bangkok jail since March, with the threat of extradition to the US hanging over his head. After more than 15 years of allegedly running guns to African warlords and Islamic militants he was arrested in Thailand after an elaborate sting organised by US agents. A former member of the Russian military, Mr Bout has always proclaimed his innocence. He has been fighting to be returned to his native Russia, where he is widely thought to be the victim of American entrapment. But Western governments, led by the US, are pressing the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Fails in US Election, Succeeds in Driving Up Gun Sales, Prices, Fear
Boston Herald / AP
17 Nov 2008
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- Fear brought Joseph Cannon to Jim's Gun Jobbery on a recent Wednesday. But the 53-year-old retired Special Forces soldier isn't afraid for his safety. He's worried that soon after Jan. 20 -- when Barack Obama takes the presidential oath of office -- he won't be able to buy the gun he wants. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Cannon, who served on a marksmanship unit during his 20-year Army career, was out of luck in his search for a Ruger Mini-30 assault rifle that fires AK-47 rounds. The $700 gun had sold out by a recent Thursday. Since the Nov. 4 election, thousands of people have flooded gun dealers because... ( gunpolicy.org )
Samoa, American Samoa
Samoa Police Commissioner Was 'Shocked' to Find Guns Sent to Him
Radio New Zealand International (Shortwave)
17 Nov 2008
Samoa's Police Commissioner, Papalii Lorenese Neru, has told a Commission of Inquiry investigating the illegal import of firearms, he was shocked to find guns inside a box of personal effects delivered to him from American Samoa. The police commissioner has described the contents of the box, which was brought to Samoa on the police patrol boat, MV Nafanua, as a set-up against him because he never expected it. The box addressed to the police commissioner was handed to the captain of the patrol boat, Logoitino Filipo, by Papalii Marion Fitisemanu, an American Samoa police captain before the boat left Pago Pago for Apia last April. Papalii Fitisemanu... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Shops Whip Up Paranoia, Fear of Obama to Re-sell Gun Market
Air America (USA), Transcript
17 Nov 2008
Lee Rayburn: My name's Lee Rayburn, sitting in for Thom Hartmann today on Air America radio. Joining us this afternoon from Chicago from Gun Guys.com -- he's the communications director for the Freedom State Alliance -- Scott Vogel. Good afternoon, Scott. Scott Vogel: Thank you so much for having us, Lee -- I really appreciate it. Lee Rayburn: It's good to speak with you again. I use GunGuys.com all the time to keep up to date on how they're trying to take my guns away! (Laughs). We just detailed a slew of stories that seemed to come out. Just about every national, regional and local newspaper ran a story about how the [1] election of President... ( gunpolicy.org )
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