Mexico, United States
Licensed US Gun Dealer Sold 7 AK-47s Used to Kill 8 Mexican Police
La Opinión (USA)
24 Oct 2008
[Translated summary:] Seven AK-47s used to kill 8 Mexican federal police have been traced to a licensed Phoenix gun dealer. Arizona's Attorney General says this is 'the traditional way Mexican drug traffickers are supplied with their weapons'.] El 26 de mayo un grupo de sicarios pertenecientes al cartel de Sinaloa se atrincheró en una vivienda de la colonia Benito Juárez, en Culiacán. Desde ahí los sicarios ser enfrentaron a tiros con policías federales. Ocho agentes de la Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP) resultaron muertos. Los narcotraficantes estaban armados con siete fusiles AK-47 que habían sido vendidos en Phoenix, Arizona, y traficados a México.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
NGOs in Philippines Promote United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty
ABS-CBN News (Manila), Column
24 Oct 2008
On October 21, the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee received the report of the commissioned Group of Government Experts that examined the feasibility, scope and parameters of a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT is a new legal regime in the making that will determine whether or not we can expect in the next decades more loose firearms killing or maiming more people around the world. To drum up support for the ATT, parliamentarians from 124 countries passed a declaration. Parliamentarians Ibrahim Toure from Mali, Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel from the Philippines and Gagan Thapa from Nepal handed over to the UN Committee... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
NZ Police Call for Restrictions on Airgun Ownership After Woman Killed
TV3 National News
24 Oct 2008
How dangerous are airguns? Police say they can easily kill people at short range, and they are worried at how easily they can be bought -- owners do not even need a firearms licence. The police are not saying what sort of airgun the shot Whangarei woman was armed with, but airguns now range from the benign BB gun to gas-compressed ones with the power to kill. And it was a single shot from an airgun that killed police officer Don Wilkinson six weeks ago as he fled from a suspected 'P' house. "These days, they're so realistic that when police lay a real Glock on the table beside an airgun replica of a Glock, even their own officers cannot tell... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
South Australia Has More Legal Handguns Than Any Other Aussie State
Advertiser (Adelaide)
24 Oct 2008
South Australia is the handgun capital of Australia with more legal pistols owned by registered owners than any other state. The latest figures show there are 41,519 registered guns in SA -- compared with 40,300 pistols in Queensland, 36,600 in Victoria and 34,600 in NSW. This is despite SA having a lower population. The report -- Criminal Use of Handguns in Australia -- by Australian Institute of Criminology researcher Samantha Bricknell found 172,422 registered handguns were recorded nationally. It also stated "handguns had increasingly become the firearm of choice" for criminals and many legally-owned weapons were being stolen. Some... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan, Iraq, China
Tens of Thousands More AK-47s Given to Tribal Fighters in Pakistan, Iraq
Australian (Sydney)
24 Oct 2008
Anti-Taliban tribal fighters in Pakistan's border region will be given tens of thousands of AK-47 assault rifles bought from China in a bid to replicate the success of the "Sunni Awakening" movement in Iraq. The deal to buy the weapons and other small arms was negotiated by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari when he was in Beijing this month, reports said yesterday. The Washington Post said the weapons would go to the so-called tribal lashkars (armies) that are emerging as a key feature of Pakistan's strategy to battle militants linked to al-Qa'ida and the Taliban. In recent weeks, the lashkars have been used in tandem with the offensives... ( gunpolicy.org )
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