India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China
China Growing Illegal Gun Markets in Bangladesh, Myanmar Says India
United News of India
27 Nov 2008
MYANMAR SHILLONG -- Security agencies have expressed concern on the increasing number of illegal arms markets in Bangladesh and Myanmar, a top official said today. "The arms markets in both countries have been thriving with the proliferation of new arms and explosives in China after Beijing's decision to dispose of obsolete weapons. Not only in Bangladesh and Myanmar, but these illegal arms market are also flourishing in China, Thailand and Cambodia," Intelligence officials said. Arms dealers from China had visited Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox Bazaar and Jessore in Bangladesh and met various top militant leaders, including ULFA chairman Paresh Barua. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Malaysia
Cop Took His Handgun Home, 15yr-old Son Shot His Mother in Malaysia
New Straits Times (Malaysia) / Bernama
27 Nov 2008
SUNGAI BULOH -- A policeman who brought home his service pistol, which resulted his 15-year-old son allegedly shooting his mother, did not contravene procedures. Deputy Gombak police chief Superintendent Rosly Hassan said as a detective sergeant in the crimes division, the policeman was permitted to take his gun home. "His action (in taking the gun home) was not wrong. Any action to be taken against the policeman would depend on the police disciplinary board," he said after visiting the policeman's injured wife at Sungai Buloh Hospital yesterday. The boy is being held at Kuala Selangor police headquarters, pending a remand order. Rosly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New England Blood Lust on the Wane as Fewer Fathers Breed Hunters
Economist
27 Nov 2008
FRANCONIA, New Hampshire -- The dense woods of northern New England are crackling these chilly November days with the sound of rifle shots: the deer-hunting season opened in mid-month and is in full swing. But the camouflaged shooters are not roaming the forests quite as they did in the past. In (non-native) America's oldest hunting grounds, the sport is in slow decline. In Vermont the number of hunting licences sold has dropped 12% over the past ten years. In New Hampshire, where 60,000 resident and visiting hunters contribute $83m annually to the small state's economy, the decline is even steeper: a 28% drop in licences since 1996. The ceasefire causes... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Administration Offers a Chance for Sensible US Gun Laws
Boston Globe, Opinion
27 Nov 2008
With the historic election of Barack Obama, the nation finally has an opportunity to enact sensible national gun policy. Obama should look to big cities, especially Boston, for guidance. Big-city mayors know all too well the devastating impact a failed national gun policy has had on people living in urban America. Most of the 83 Americans who die every day from gun violence live in cities. The average annual US death toll from guns is 34,000 Americans. Comparatively, over the past 30 years, 1,035,000 Americans have died from guns in the United States versus 655,000 US service men and women killed in all foreign wars combined. In 1999, with active support... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico, United States
US Gun Shows, Dealers, Citizens Supply Most Mexico Drug War Guns
Federal Government, United States of Mexico, Fact Sheet
27 Nov 2008
How does arms trafficking operate in Mexico? According to the legal definition, arms trafficking consists of illegally bringing into the country weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives or materials that are reserved exclusively for use by the Army, Navy or Air Force, or that are subject to controls. This regulation is explicit in article 84 of the Federal Firearms and Explosives Act (Ley Federal de Armas de Fuego y Explosivos). Based on investigations carried out in Mexico by the Federal Public Ministry with the support of the Federal Police and the Mexican Army, and on information exchanged with U.S. justice authorities, it has been found that traffickers... ( gunpolicy.org )
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