United States
US: Close Gun Show Loophole, Limit Sales to 1 Handgun a Month - Brady
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
21 Feb 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families touched by the recent gun violence at Northern Illinois University. At a time when the country confronts one mass shooting after another -- six separate multiple murders across the country in just the first two weeks of February -- the nation is faced with a critical choice: Do we give up and say we can't do anything about these tragedies? Or do we take common-sense steps today to make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons? Every day in America, 32 people are murdered with guns. That's a daily Virginia Tech. This tragic figure is not due to natural or mysterious forces beyond... ( gunpolicy.org )
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana
To Fight Gun Violence in Guyana, Trinidad Provides More Guns
Agence France Presse
21 Feb 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Trinidad and Tobago is to provide "specialized weapons" and a helicopter to help Guyana combat a spate of violent mass-killings, Guyana's home affairs minister said Wednesday. "The government of Guyana has been making every effort to procure the said weapons from other sources but without success," said the minister, Clement Rohee. In the latest major violent incident in the South American country, gunmen killed nine civilians and stormed a police station, killing three policemen and stealing guns on Sunday. No details have been provided about the types of weapons which Rohee said the government had been trying to acquire... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
'Shoot First' Law Gives Texans Unprecedented Right to Kill Suspects
ABC News (USA)
21 Feb 2008
In Texas, more than ever before, burglars and thieves are on notice. From a quiet street in an upscale neighborhood outside Houston to a junk-strewn yard on the other side of the tracks, some Texans are shooting first and asking questions later. In the Lone Star state, where the six-gun tamed the frontier, shooting bad guys is a time-honored tradition. But a new state law, based on the old idea that "a man's home is his castle," gives Texans unprecedented legal authority to use deadly force. In December, Damon Barone confronted a burglar breaking into his Houston home in the middle of the night. His wife, baby daughter and 6-year-old son were... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Deports Australian 'Illegal Immigrant' on Gun Charges
Sydney Morning Herald / AP
21 Feb 2008
Papua New Guinea authorities have deported an Australian man who was facing charges of firing a gun in a public place. Philip Tan, 41, a Malaysian born in PNG who became an Australian citizen when he was 18, was on Wednesday flown to Brisbane after illegally entering PNG six months ago. Tan, a nightclub manager, was on police bail to appear in court on March 4 for allegedly firing a gun near a car yard in Port Moresby, PNG's National newspaper reported. "He was accused of discharging four shots at some men last January when these men came after him to get their property back," a police spokesman said. Police were tipped off Tan had... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Washington DC, Fear, Sarcasm Justify Loaded Guns, Lethal Retribution
Washington Times, Opinion
21 Feb 2008
Since 1976, the criminals of the city have carried handguns and killed with impunity, while the law-abiding have cowered in their midst. This is not what the D.C. Council imagined 32 years ago when it enacted what is regarded as the strictest gun-control measure in the nation. The law did not work out as envisioned, because criminals, serial killers and nut jobs who go postal do not follow the law. This elementary observation inevitably escapes the thought process of the well-meaning. Instead, the well-meaning point to the easy availability of handguns in Maryland and Virginia being the bane on the ban in the city, which is fair enough. So let's imagine... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon
Fearing Civil War, Lebanese Arm Themselves as Gun Demand, Prices Soar
Agence France Presse
21 Feb 2008
BEIRUT -- As street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut fuel fears of a new civil war, many Lebanese have started to arm themselves as they prepare for the worst, arms dealers say. "Groups or individuals, looking to make themselves more secure, are starting to buy weapons" on the black market, said one dealer, who spoke on conditi,on of anonymity. "If a Kalashnikov would sell for between 100 and 150 dollars on the black market a year ago, the price today is 1,000 dollars," the dealer told AFP. The price of a more sophisticated Dragunov sniper rifle has more than trebled from 800 dollars to 2,700 dollars over the same period, he said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Man Rents Pistol, Commits Suicide at LA Target Shooting Club
Torrance Daily Breeze (California)
21 Feb 2008
NORTHRIDGE -- Authorities today identified a 65-year-old man who committed suicide at a Northridge shooting range by shooting himself in the head. Richard Mackay of Tarzana was pronounced dead at the scene, Lt. John Kadas of the coroner's office said. The shooting occurred around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Firing-Line indoor shooting range at 18348 Eddy St., where Mackay rented a 9-mm pistol, police said. Mackay had joined the target shooting club several weeks ago, said Sgt. Bruce Vermaat of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Station. Arriving firefighters pronounced the man dead of a gunshot wound to the head, a Los Angeles... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Armed Felon Snared by (Voluntary) Register of Bullet Buyers in Maryland
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)
21 Feb 2008
Attention, Maryland felons: Here's some news you can use -- it's against federal law for you to possess bullets. You can't have a gun, of course, but you knew that already. Did you also know that, under federal law, you can go to prison for up to 15 years if you're found to be packing ammo? I mentioned it because it's highly likely no one at the Division of Correction took the time to go over this with you before your release. Or maybe you weren't paying attention during the warden's lecture on how to avoid returning to the good ole DOC. So consider this a public service message, courtesy of Baltimore Circuit Judge Gale Rasin. Rasin... ( gunpolicy.org )
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