United States
US Gun Lobby Carefully Chose an African-American for Pivotal Court Case
Chicago Tribune
30 January 2010
From behind the wheel of his hulking GMC Suburban, 76-year-old Otis McDonald leads a crime-themed tour of his Morgan Park neighborhood. He points to the yellow brick bungalow he says is a haven for drug dealers. Down the street is the alley where five years ago he saw a teenager pull out a gun and take aim at a passing car. Around the corner, he gestures to the weed-bitten roadside where three thugs once threatened his life. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
South Africa Imports More Handguns to Replace Thousands Lost by Police
Telegraph (UK)
27 January 2010
Almost 3,000 South African police firearms were lost or stolen in just nine months, it emerged today -- about three for every police station in the country, which has some of the highest crime rates in the world The worrying statistic comes less than six months before the football World Cup kicks off in the country. Dianne Kohler Barnard, the opposition Democratic Alliance shadow police minister, said that the state weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Police 'Lose' 3,000 Pistols a Year, Fuel Crime Gun Trade in South Africa
South African Press Association
27 January 2010
The police are "unwittingly fuelling the illegal arms trade" by ordering thousands of new pistols to replace those that have been lost or stolen, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. Dianne Kohler Barnard said 4 000 new pistols ordered by the South African Police Service (SAPS) were not to boost firepower, but "mostly to replace lost and stolen firearms". "As revealed on the Armscor website, the ordering of 4 000... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Many Cops and Military Violating Philippine Election Gun Ban
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10 January 2010
MANILA, Philippines -- Thirty minutes into Sunday, police officer Dennis Quinto, in civilian clothes, came down the road on a motorcycle with a .45-cal Armscor pistol tucked in his waist. Quinto, a Police Officer 1 belonging to the regional mobile group of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), never got past the police checkpoint in Quezon City. He was the first violator of the nationwide election gun ban and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ex-Bush Employee Nabbed Near US Capitol with 2 Guns and Ammo
Mother Jones (USA)
23 December 2009
The man who was arrested with two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition near the Capitol during President Barack Obama's health care speech in September had been an employee of the George W. Bush White House. The arrest of the man, Joshua Bowman, was widely reported at the time, but the news stories made no mention of his previous employment: For several years he worked in the Executive Office of the President, dealing... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya
Civilians, Reservists Surrender Assault Weapons in Kenya Gun Ban Drive
Kenyan Broadcasting Service
21 December 2009
Residents of Iisiolo district have surrendered 177 assault rifles to the government in a bid to beat the amnesty period deadline. Security personnel have in the past two weeks also recovered 7,939 rounds of ammunition from civilians while Kenya police reservists have handed back 217 guns issued to them by the government. Isiolo DC Mr. James Mwaura commended the residents for surrendering illegal firearms and expressed optimism... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mystery New York 'Drug-related' Shooting Yields Second Handgun
New York Times
20 December 2009
When the police arrived at the crime scene on Amsterdam Avenue between West 83rd and West 84th Streets on Thursday, all the pieces of an initial homicide investigation seemed to fit. Three dead bodies were found in a third-floor apartment, and a fourth -- who, the police suspected, was the killer -- was found outside in the back; he was presumed to have fallen out a window. Two weapons were found: a .380 Hi Point semiautomatic... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Exempts Gun Maker in Shooting of 13yr-old Boy
WLS-TV News (Chicago)
14 December 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the current gun law. The family of a boy who was shot to death was fighting a law that protects gun makers from lawsuits by shooting victims. But the court refused to hear an appeal from the uncle of a boy accidentally killed by a friend. The suit claimed the gun did not have the proper warnings or safety mechanism. Family members say they're frustrated and believe there... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
School Shooter's Father Let Son Have Gun, Faces 15 Homicide Charges
Deutsche Welle (Germany) / DPA / AP
27 November 2009
German prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March. Victims' relatives have demanded that he pay for leaving the murder weapon unsecured. A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said on Friday that the father of Tim K. had been charged with 15 counts of negligent homicide. A trial date is yet to be announced.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Case Puts Gun Control on US Culture War's Front Burner
United Press International
18 October 2009
WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. Supreme Court makes its stately way into the new term, a case over the horizon promises to hit the 20,000 gun control laws in this country with the impact of a 9mm round. The prep work came last year in District of Columbia vs. Heller. A narrow 5-4 majority struck down the gun control law in the nation's capital, and for the moment settled an argument over just what the Second Amendment to the Constitution,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Police Take Handgun from Drugged Drunk, Montana Judge Gives it Back
Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri)
8 October 2009
Earlier this year, the General Assembly seriously considered allowing concealed firearms on college campuses. The twisted logic held that pistol-toting underclassmen would help prevent the next Virginia Tech-style massacre. Now comes the curious case of John L. Richard (pronounced "ree-shard"). In November 2006, Scott County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Richard's home in Benton in response to a domestic dispute.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
America's Lying Gun Nuts: Bloomberg Gun Show Sting Exposes Loophole
Daily News (New York), Editorial
8 October 2009
The latest gun sting ordered up by Mayor Bloomberg has blown a cannonball-size hole through some of the National Rifle Association's bloodiest lies. Thanks to the NRA, Congress exempted many sales at gun shows from background-check requirements. Second Amendment fanatics won the day by portraying unlicensed vendors who sold weapons at gun shows as making: (1) occasional sales, (2) from personal collections and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Handgun Registration, Tracing Nails US Cop Charged with Trafficking
New Haven Independent (Connecticut)
1 October 2009
Days after cops reported they found a gun owned by Police Sgt. Harold David Setzer in the hands of a convicted felon, Setzer's son came forward with a cover story. Setzer, 41, of Davis Street in New Haven, remains on paid administrative leave from the Waterbury police force, where he's been a cop for 18 years and a firearms instructor for 10-15 years. He was arraigned in Connecticut Superior Court on Elm Street Thursday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pistol Used in 5 US Shootings Traced to Police Sgt Trafficking in Guns
Waterbury Republican-American (Connecticut)
30 September 2009
WATERBURY, Connecticut -- Two arrest warrants have been issued for a city police sergeant stemming from charges that several of his guns disappeared and wound up in the hands of felons. Sgt. David Setzer, a decorated 17-year veteran of the department, is expected to surrender to police in New Haven today on charges of illegally transferring or selling firearms, manufacturing bombs, risk of injury to a minor, illegal possession of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Indonesia
Smuggled Handguns Detected by Indonesian Airport Cargo Company
Jakarta Post
18 September 2009
Police and customs and excise officials at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle a package containing two firearms, police said Friday. Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Chrysnanda Dwi Laksana said an employee of a shipping company was the first to detect the package at the airport's cargo section on Thursday. "The employee was suspicious of the package during an X-ray check," Chrysnanda... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Owner Gets 6yrs for Selling Registered Guns to US Drug Gangs
The Hour (Connecticut)
14 September 2009
NORWALK -- A Norwalk man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison on Friday for selling altered guns that were used in various crimes. Matthew Caporizzo, 34, was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful user of any controlled substance. According to a press release from the U.S.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany, United Nations
Gun Owner Dad Helped Son Buy Bullets Used in School Mass Shooting
Spiegel (Germany)
14 September 2009
Earlier this year, Tim K. killed 15 people and himself in a shooting spree that started at his former school in Winnenden, Germany. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the investigation files show that Tim's father went with him to a gun store to buy 1,000 bullets seven weeks before the shooting. Police investigators have found that the father of Tim K., the 17-year-old who killed 15 people and then himself in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Gunmaker to Liverpool Underworld, Torch Gun Maker Jailed for 20 Years
Times (UK)
12 September 2009
A judge called a gunmaker who crafted weapons for Merseyside's gangsters as a "dealer in death" as he jailed him at Liverpool Crown Court for 20 years. David Hampson, 44, who could transform a replica firearm into a handgun in 20 minutes, was caught in a 12-month police undercover operation. His speciality was converting miniature torches into single-shot weapons. Senior officers in Merseyside Police were jubilant at the severity... ( gunpolicy.org )
Thailand
Firearms Encouraged, Gun Culture Thrives in Thailand's Climate of Fear
Agence France Presse
9 September 2009
NARATHIWAT, Thailand -- The portly assistant school principal pushes aside his paperwork and from his old leather satchel draws a Chinese pistol -- his protection here in the violent Thai south. "The children don't know I carry a gun," says Prachin Ruengchim, as the laughter of young students carries down from the upstairs classroom. "Almost nobody knows, only close friends. Some other teachers don't know." The 59-year-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Licensed Gun Collector Sold 121 Handguns, Machine Guns to NZ Gangs
New Zealand Herald
29 August 2009
The last act in laying bare John Noel Mabey's big lie occurred on Tuesday but the danger to the public will go on for years. After two years, Mabey, 45, finally admitted in the Thames District Court that the burglary in which he claimed his entire collection of 121 restricted firearms (pistols, machine guns and military-style semi-automatics) was stolen, was an elaborate fake. Not that anyone had believed him for long.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Interview with Gun-toting Protester at Obama Rally was Staged by Lobby
CNN
18 August 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona -- He was to demonstrating his right to bear arms -- and he wanted you to know it. Video of the unidentified man toting an assault rifle outside President Obama's speech to veterans Monday was aired all over the country, causing a buzz about weapons popping up -- legally -- around recent presidential events. The protester, who refused to give his name, was interviewed by a man carrying a microphone and... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turks & Caicos
Tiny Caribbean State (pop. 23,000) Imports Guns, Ammo Worth $2 Million
Turks & Caicos Weekly News
17 July 2009
Almost $2m worth of guns and ammunition has been imported by Islanders in the last three years, the Weekly News can reveal. The alarming number of licensed firearms in the TCI is raising fears that the nation could be headed for the same fate as many of its trigger-happy Caribbean neighbours, plagued by spiralling gun crime. Figures -- contained in the Government's external merchandise trade statistics 2008 -- show that... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada, United States
Jailed Students Bought 22 Handguns in US, Smuggled them to Canada
Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba)
15 July 2009
WINNIPEG -- A young Winnipeg man attending a North Dakota college to play football has admitted to fuelling street crime in his home city by helping smuggle nearly two-dozen high-powered guns across the Canadian border in exchange for cash and drugs, according to court documents. Thomas Scher, 20, was sentenced in an American courtroom Monday to 366 days jail, in addition to three years of supervised probation, after pleading guilty... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Global 'Gun Fight' Tipped as Handgun Makers Bid to Equip Victoria Police
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
7 June 2009
A global "gun fight" is expected to break out over the lucrative Victoria Police . Police will go to tender on Tuesday and international arms makers from across the globe could be in the running. The contract's specified requirement is that the semi-automatic pistol has a .40 calibre. Austrian company Glock, Belgian gunsmiths Browning and US company Colt all make a semiautomatic pistol with that size bore. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico, United States
Mexico Drug Cartels Go Bargain Gun Shopping In Houston, Texas
Reuters
28 May 2009
HOUSTON -- Mexican drug gangs looking for weapons powerful enough to stop a vehicle, penetrate a bullet-resistant vest or confront an army detachment need look no further than the Houston area's 1,500 gun shops, where merchandise is priced to move. Guns like the Barrett M-82 sniper rifle, the AK-47 and Bushmaster .223 are among those favoured by cartel hitmen that slaughtered some 6,300 people in Mexico border cities like Ciudad... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Governor Gives $6m Handgun Fund Back to 'Paranoid Gun Lobby'
Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Column
28 May 2009
Even in this time of budgetary sacrifice, Gov. Charlie Crist understands certain priorities. The biggest one is not to offend the NRA when running for the U.S. Senate. And so with a stroke of his veto pen, Charlie gave the very grateful gun lobby the $6 million it so loudly demanded. The Legislature provided Charlie with this golden opportunity. Lawmakers played the anti-gun saps so he could play the pro-gun hero.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tory MP's No-show Scuttles Another Bid to Scrap Canada's Gun Registry
National Post / Canwest News
25 May 2009
OTTAWA -- An attempt by a Saskatchewan Conservative MP to abolish the controversial long-gun registry quietly died Monday. Garry Breitkreuz, who represents a riding in rural Saskatchewan, had introduced a private member's bill in the House of Commons aimed at scrapping the controversial registry and the bill was to be debated in the House of Commons Monday morning. But Mr. Breitkreuz failed to show up for the debate and, according... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
How Pakistan's Notorious Illegal Gun Industry Runs Arms to Karachi
News (Karachi)
13 May 2009
KARACHI -- Pakistani society is plagued by the phenomenon of easy access to arms, and this is one of the reasons why society has become victim to terrorism and conflict. It has been learnt that there are places in the country where different groups are assembling arms imported from various countries. These groups also have the expertise to manufacture the deadly weapons by themselves. Investigations pointed towards Dara Adam Khel... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Licensed Canadian Gun Collector Jailed, Loses Firearm Licence for Life
Kingston Whig-Standard (Ontario)
6 May 2009
A 65-year-old gun collector, whose illegal outing with several of his weapons last month had Ontario Provincial Police scrambling to detour traffic away from a section of Highway 7 near Sharbot Lake, has been released from custody. Raymond A. Fletcher was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty in Kingston's Ontario Court of Justice to unsafe use of a firearm, unauthorized transportation of a loaded Ruger handgun and illegal... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tory MP Stays Mum at Canadian Gun Lobby's Famous 'Pistol Raffle' Bash
Toronto Star (Ontario)
19 April 2009
Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz attended a gun-lobby dinner last night in Mississauga where a Beretta handgun was the advertised raffle prize -- despite misgivings from the Prime Minister's Office and gun-control advocates. The pro-gun Saskatchewan MP was originally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the annual general meeting and dinner for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, but the invitation was withdrawn last month... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York Mass Killer Kept His Fury Private, Rehearsed with Legal Pistols
New York Times
12 April 2009
In November, Jiverly A. Wong walked into an employment center in downtown Binghamton. He had been laid off from his job at a vacuum cleaner plant, and he needed help applying for unemployment benefits. Speaking in broken English, he struggled to communicate with a receptionist. She told Mr. Wong that a phone number that he could call for assistance provided information in Chinese or Japanese. She asked him if he was either one.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
98 Shots Fired in 1 Minute Makes New York Mass Killer 'New Rambo'
Associated Press
8 April 2009
The man who gunned down 13 people at an upstate New York immigration center fired 98 shots from two handguns in a little more than a minute, police said Wednesday, a gunslinging feat one expert said would make him a "new Rambo." Gun control advocates said if a man who complained about not getting enough in unemployment benefits could afford enough ammunition to repeatedly practice shooting and go into his killing zone with a satchel... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Police, Domestic Violence Groups Want to Keep Gun Registry
Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba), Opinion
1 April 2009
The Conservatives, the party of law and order, appear on a collision course with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville), a fervent opponent of the gun registry, has introduced a private member's bill that launches the most sweeping attack on Canadian gun control since its inception. Bill C-301 not only has the full backing of the Conservative caucus, but also from... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
Lax US Gun Laws Undermine Mexico's Efforts to Slow Flood of Weapons
USA Today
31 March 2009
MEXICO CITY -- There is one gun store in Mexico. Only one. And not just anybody can shop here. The "Directorate for Arms and Munitions Sales," as the store is called, is run by the Mexican army and occupies two rooms in an olive-green, heavily guarded building near the army's headquarters. Prospective customers need a permit from the army that can take months to get. And once they buy a gun, there are reams of rules: how... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Tories 'Disingenuous' Private Bill Tactic to Scrap Gun Registry
Hill Times (Ottawa)
30 March 2009
Conservatives are being "dishonest" by trying to win support on both sides of the divisive gun control issue by relying on Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz's private member's bill to end the long-gun registry rather than bringing in a government bill, says Liberal public safety and national security critic Mark Holland. "They're trying to whisper in one ear to people who have concerns about the need to continue the registry which... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Gun Lobby, Tory Political Ally Take Flak for Poor Reasoning
Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Saskatchewan), Editorial
23 March 2009
In spite of his persistent electoral success in the Yorkton-Melville riding, Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz is anything but political. If he had a little more finesse, the longtime opponent of the long gun registry would have trod a little more delicately when asked to address the Canadian Shooting Sports Association next month in Mississauga, Ont. Not that there is anything wrong or the least bit unnatural with Mr. Breitkreuz... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tory MP 'Uninvited' as Gun Lobby Dinner Speaker Following Pistol Uproar
Canadian Press
20 March 2009
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz has been dropped from the speaker's list at a convention of firearms enthusiasts, as the Harper government moves to distance itself from a plan to raffle off a semi-automatic handgun as part of the festivities. Breitkreuz, who has long campaigned to ease federal gun control laws, had been scheduled to address the Canadian Shooting Sports Association next month -- until news broke Thursday... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Gun Lobby Blames 'Dirty Politics, Dirty Media' in Pistol Fiasco
Toronto Globe and Mail (Ontario)
20 March 2009
A Conservative MP won't be the guest of honour at a gun enthusiasts' dinner in Mississauga next month, but the organization still plans to raffle off a Beretta semi-automatic handgun -- a decision that drew fire yesterday from Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and others. "My advice to them is that they change the item they are going to raffle off to something that is more acceptable," Hazel McCallion said of the door prize the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
'Screaming Anti-gunnners' Spoil Canadian Gun Lobby's Pistol Giveaway
CTV News (Toronto)
19 March 2009
An invitation for a Conservative MP to attend a gun lobby dinner near Toronto next month has been withdrawn after a controversy erupted over a handgun being raffled off at the event. Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz had been scheduled to attend the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) dinner, where a rare Beretta semi-automatic handgun is being given away as a raffle prize. Opposition MPs criticized Breitkreuz's... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German School Rampage Killer Told Me He Did It 'For Fun' - Hostage
Agence France Presse
19 March 2009
The man taken hostage by German gunman Tim Kretschmer last week has broken his silence, telling a magazine that the teenager had told him it was "for fun" and wanted to find another school. Igor Wolf, hijacked by the 17-year-old and forced to drive 40km with a gun in his back, asked him: "Why are you doing this shit?" "Because it is fun. Because I find it fun," the gunman replied, according to an interview with Wolf to... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Police Fired 423 Bullets in Pakistan Cricketer Ambush: Every Shot Missed
Daily Times (Lahore)
18 March 2009
LAHORE -- Gulberg Police have claimed firing 423 bullets in the Liberty shootout but at the same time admitted that none of the assailants were hit. The Gulberg incident left six people dead and 16 others, including five Sri Lankan players, injured. The police have claimed in its reports, copies of which are available with Daily Times, that 17 policemen through 21 weapons fired 423 bullets at the assailants, who fled unharmed.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
Parents of German Killer Never Imagined Him Capable of Gun Massacre
Associated Press
17 March 2009
BERLIN -- The family of a German teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree said Tuesday the deaths left them agonizing over how they failed to "notice his despair and hatred." Expressing their shock and sorrow, Tim Kretschmer's parents and sister said they never imagined him capable of gunning down nine students and three teachers at his former high school then slaying three bystanders before taking his own life. "We... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
Gun Law Debate Rages in Germany, Editorials Predict No Real Change
Spiegel (Germany)
16 March 2009
With memories of last week's school shooting in Winnenden still fresh, many in Germany, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, would like to see stricter gun control laws. German commentators, though, don't think that will ever happen. Does Germany need new gun control laws? That question has become the focus of political debate in Berlin six days after 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer went on a shooting spree in the southern German town... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German Chancellor Mulls Tighter Gun Law, 78% Want Private Gun Ban
Reuters
15 March 2009
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for greater supervision of her country's gun laws on Sunday, after a teenager shot dead 15 people last week before killing himself. Merkel said she had been stunned by the massacre in the southwestern town of Winnenden, where 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer shot 15 people with his father's pistol, including 12 at his former school. Merkel told Deutschlandfunk radio it was crucial... ( gunpolicy.org )
Netherlands, Europe
Mass Killings: Blame Violent Videos, or Easy Gun Access? [Nederlands]
De Standaard (Antwerp)
14 March 2009
[Translated summary: Blaming violent videos for triggering Germany's latest mass school shooting overlooks a more obvious cause: the easy availability to the killer of his father's insecurely stored 9mm semi-automatic pistol.] Het worden stilaan klassieke beelden in Europese steden. Wenende, geschokte of rouwende mensen rond een openbare plek vol bloemen en brandende kaarsjes, om de slachtoffers te herdenken van een nieuw geval... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
Portrait Emerges of Troubled, Depressed, Well-armed German Gunman
New York Times
13 March 2009
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A portrait of a troubled, depressed teenager with easy access to an unsecured pistol has begun to emerge in the days after the youth went on a rampage, killing 15 people before taking his own life. The police have established that the teenager, Tim Kretschmer, 17, last year broke off a round of psychological counseling for depression. Searching his bedroom, the police found violent computer games --... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German Killer a 'Reclusive Gun Freak, Well Trained in Use of Firearms'
Independent (UK)
13 March 2009
BERLIN -- Tim Kretschmer was a reclusive gun freak who had dozens of airguns on display in his bedroom. He liked to practise with his father's arsenal of 15 pistols and rifles on a firing range in the basement of his home. Officials described the 17-year-old killer yesterday as "well trained in the use of firearms". But the teenager who, on Wednesday, went on a rampage at his former school and shot dead 15 people, also saw himself... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German Gun Club Killer Had 'Deep Fascination with Guns, Ready Access'
Australian (Sydney) / Times (UK)
13 March 2009
The "unremarkable" teenage killer who went on a rampage in southern Germany on Wednesday with his father's Beretta had a deep fascination with guns and ready access to a domestic arsenal. To most who knew him, Tim Kretschmer seemed normal, but the 17-year-old from an affluent family, who came back to terrorise the school he left last year with poor grades, had a dark side that few would have guessed at. His father, Jorg,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Arms Trade in Karachi Traced to Craft Gun Industry in Dara Adam Khel
International News (Karachi)
13 March 2009
KARACHI -- Pakistani society is plagued by the phenomenon of easy access to arms, and this is one of the reasons why society has become victim to terrorism and conflict. It has been learnt that there are places in the country where different groups are assembling arms imported from various countries. These groups also have the expertise to manufacture the deadly weapons by themselves. Investigations pointed towards Dara Adam Khel... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German Teen Killed 15, Self with Dad's Registered 9mm Beretta Pistol
Washington Post
12 March 2009
BERLIN -- Residents of a small German town struggled Wednesday to decipher the motives of a teenager who burst into his former high school and went on a shooting rampage, killing 15 people before taking his own life. Authorities said Tim Kretschmer, 17, entered the Albertville Realschule in the town of Winnenden about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, wearing black clothes and carrying a semiautomatic pistol. They said he fatally shot 12 people... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German Teen Aimed for Female Students, Told Parents of His 'Suffering'
Associated Press
12 March 2009
WINNENDEN, Germany -- A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school Wednesday and gunned down students -- some of whom died with their pencils still in hand -- in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said. There was no immediate indication of motive, but the gunman's victims were primarily female: eight of nine students killed were girls, and all... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
German School Massacre: 17yr-old Killer Was 'Totally Normal Teenager'
Spiegel Online International (Germany)
12 March 2009
WINNENDEN, Germany -- Inconspicuous. Friendly. Shy. That's how former schoolmates of Tim K. describe him -- one day after he gunned down 15 people in a rampage that started at his former school. An eyewitness reports how self-assured he looked with a Beretta in his hands. She immediately threw herself onto the floor. It was an automatic reaction, as if she had rehearsed the move a thousand times. But she hadn't. Indeed, the first... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany, Europe
Detectives' Union Says German Gun Storage Law Weak, 'Not Enforced'
Wall Street Journal
12 March 2009
BERLIN -- A shooting rampage that began in a southern German school on Wednesday and left 16 dead is likely to stoke fresh debate in Europe about gun control and public security. The shooting began about 9:30 a.m., when 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer, a former student, entered Albertville high school in Winnenden, a suburb of Stuttgart. He killed nine students and three teachers with a Beretta 9mm pistol before fleeing, police say.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
Dad's Legal Handgun Killed 16, Storage 'Negligent,' Say German Police
Reuters
12 March 2009
WINNENDEN, Germany -- German authorities are looking into whether to press charges against the gun-collecting father of the teenager who went on a shooting rampage at his former school on Wednesday, killing 15 people. The motive for the attack by 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer remained unclear a day after the massacre in the southwestern town of Winnenden. The teenager, who neighbours described as a loner with a fondness for... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
Germany Shocked by Teenager's Killing Spree with Dad's Legal Handgun
Spiegel Online International (Germany)
11 March 2009
Germany was in shock on Wednesday after a 17-year-old youth killed 15 people in a shooting rampage that began at his school, where he shot dead 10 pupils and three teachers. He later took a gun to his own head during a shootout with police. His motive remains a mystery. A 17-year-old youth killed 15 people in a shooting rampage in Germany that began at his former school and ended in a wild shootout in the parking lot of a car dealer.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Refusal Ends New York City's Suit Against Gun Industry
New York Times
10 March 2009
WASHINGTON -- New York City's nine-year lawsuit accusing gun makers of flooding illicit markets with their firearms came to an end on Monday, when the United States Supreme Court refused to consider a lower court's dismissal of the case. Without comment, the justices decided not to review a ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which declared on April 30 that federal law protected... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York City Loses 9-year Court Battle to Hold Gun Industry Accountable
Associated Press
9 March 2009
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has turned away pleas by New York City and gun violence victims to hold the firearms industry responsible for selling guns that could end up in illegal markets. The justices' decision Monday ends lawsuits first filed in 2000. Federal appeals courts in New York and Washington threw out the complaints after Congress passed a law in 2005 giving the gun industry broad immunity against such lawsuits. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Afghanistan, Albania
21yr-old US Gun Dealer Got $300m Pentagon Arms Contract, Handcuffs
Details / GQ (USA)
18 February 2009
On the afternoon of May 16, 2007, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane rumbled down the tarmac at Burgas Airport in eastern Bulgaria, its hold packed with 110,000 grenades bound for Kabul, Afghanistan. The aircraft lifted off, climbed above the rolling farmlands to the west and the Black Sea to the east, and headed toward war. Half a world away, on the first floor of a sun-dappled office building amid the palm trees of Miami Beach, Florida,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Russia
Russian Officers Can Break Makarov Tradition, Buy Foreign Pistols - Putin
Moscow Times
10 February 2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing some law enforcement officials to carry imported guns for self-defense. The decision is unprecedented in Russia, which is proud of its arms-making traditions. Putin signed a document Jan. 31 allowing prosecutors and investigators with the prosecutor's office to use the Italian-made Beretta 92, Czech CZ 75 and Austrian Glock 17 pistols, Interfax reported Monday. Prosecutors... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Rush to Buy Guns Includes More Women, Say Florida Gun Show Dealers
Florida Trend
28 January 2009
MIAMI -- It was a tough day for Victor Bean. Typically, a weekend in September would find 3,300 people at his Victor Bean Southern Classic Gun and Knife Show in Miami. But the threat of a hurricane had people in line at Home Depot and Publix, making for a very slow day for Bean, a friendly 49 year old. "When things are slow, we joke, 'Where's Bill Clinton when you need him?' " Many a true word spoken in jest. Two months later, Barack... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Landmark' Indiana Court Ruling Says US Gun Industry Can Be Sued
Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
19 January 2009
One by one, local governments have filed lawsuits that try to hold firearms manufacturers responsible for gun violence on city streets. And, one by one, the lawsuits have either been dismissed by courts or dropped. Until last week. In what gun control advocates quickly hailed as a landmark decision, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled last week that a lawsuit filed by the city of Gary can proceed toward trial. That... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Indiana Supreme Court Approves Lawsuit Holding Gun Makers to Account
Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
13 January 2009
A nearly decade-old lawsuit seeking to hold gun makers responsible for the city of Gary's rampant crime received a green light Monday to head to trial. The Indiana Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling, ending the second round of appeals since the case was filed in 1999. Gary's suit alleges that 16 gun makers, including Smith & Wesson and Beretta, and six Northern Indiana gun dealers sold handguns they knew would... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Indiana Court Says Gun Makers Must Prove They're Not a Public Nuisance
Medill Reports, Northwestern University (Illinois), Web Page
13 January 2009
The Indiana Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will allow the City of Gary's lawsuit against sixteen gun manufacturers and six gun dealers to go to trial in the Superior Court of Lake County. The Indiana Court of Appeals had held in October 2007 that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act does not protect gun manufacturers from knowingly violating Indiana's public nuisance law. The gun manufacturers' appeal of this decision... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico
Mexico Moves to Penalise Sellers of Realistic Imitation Guns, Airguns
New York Times
11 January 2009
MEXICO CITY -- Over the Christmas holidays, Othón Cuevas Córdova, a Mexican congressman, had his life threatened, albeit in jest. His young nephew pointed a toy pistol that he had received as a gift at the lawmaker and said, "Tío, I'm going to kill you." Mr. Cuevas was not amused. He talked to the boy's parents about the inappropriateness of giving a child a weapon, even a plastic one, in a country so overrun with violence. And... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ireland
Licensed Irish Gun Owners Lose Another 31 Handguns to Criminals
Independent (Dublin)
2 January 2009
Thirty-one handguns have been stolen by criminals -- including the gangster's favourite weapon, a Glock semi-automatic pistol -- since the law on licensing was relaxed four years ago. New official figures show that a variety of pistols, revolvers, air pistols and starting pistols and revolvers have been taken from the owners' homes. A breakdown of the figures show that the haul included one Glock, two Webley revolvers and a Beretta... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
Texan Gun Dealers Deny Responsibility for Arming Mexico's Drug Cartels
Associated Press
14 December 2008
SAN ANTONIO -- Texas is serving as the armory of Mexico's bloody drug cartels that are ruthlessly killing the guilty and innocent in their battles for dominance of the drug trade routes from Mexico into the United States. In the first two installments of a three-pieces series of articles published Saturday and Sunday, the San Antonio Express-News reported that the cartels freely pay "straw buyers" -- Texans with clean criminal records... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
Texas is Gunrunners' Land of Plenty and Source of Mexico's Crime Guns
San Antonio Express-News (Texas)
6 December 2008
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico -- In the vivid dreams that now comfort 17-year-old Angelica Navarro Calderon, her father often comes to visit, dressed in his police uniform. The bullet hole between his eyes has vanished. Nine other bullet wounds in his chest, arms, leg and back are healing beneath white bandages. Father and daughter banter about life, just like they did before narcotics traffickers killed him and three other police officers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
Texan Straw Purchasers, Dealers Profit from Smuggling, Murder in Mexico
San Antonio Express-News (Texas)
6 December 2008
The young Mexican national looked over the table at a San Antonio taquería and nonchalantly described the firepower that passed through his hands as if he were describing the trowel he now uses to lay bricks. Heckler & Koch MP5s. Colt AR-15s. M16s. Berettas. Barrett sniper rifles. "To kill people, hurt people, we use them as a tool for kidnap and for escort drugs," the former Mexican drug cartel foot soldier, who previously... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Licensed Collector 'Lost' 121 Guns, Armed NZ Gangs for Years to Come
New Zealand Herald
6 December 2008
Guns from a missing Coromandel collection have fallen into the wrong hands and created a black market legacy that will last for decades, say police and a gun control advocate. One of the guns among Hot Water Beach collector John Mabey's missing pistols, submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles has been identified as the weapon used in a fatal shooting. Mabey's guns disappeared in July last year, and police say eight of... ( 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 November 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).... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Election Triggers Upsurge in Sales of Military-style Assault Weapons
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
6 November 2008
As polls and pundits in recent weeks increasingly pointed to the election of Barack Obama as the next president, scores of Utahns flocked to gun stores. Obama has supported renewing the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban, which stops the manufacture of several semiautomatic guns with large magazines. "Such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets," Obama's Web site states. Local gun dealers... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Toronto Cops Swap 'Loose' Guns for Digital Nikons, No Questions Asked
Toronto Star (Ontario)
22 October 2008
The gun used to kill Toronto police officer Todd Bayliss in 1994 was stolen. The World War II souvenir was taken from a locked closet. A handgun implicated in the Boxing Day 2005 shooting of student Jane Creba was also procured by illicit means, among countless other examples, criminologists say. That's why gun amnesty programs, such as the novel one by Toronto police that begins today, are so important. "It's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
McCain: 'No Gun Control.' Obama: 'I Will Not Take Your Guns Away'
Associated Press
15 October 2008
BOSTON -- John McCain supports background checks for buyers at gun shows and has his name on a law restricting special-interest group advertising, two positions strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association. So how'd he end up with the group's presidential endorsement? By running against Barack Obama, whom NRA leaders accuse of wanting to put the firearms industry out of business. "Hillary was right: You can't trust... ( gunpolicy.org )
China
Gun Culture, Gun Crime on the Rise, But Still Officially Hidden in China
Wall Street Journal
13 October 2008
SHANGHAI -- China's weapons laws are among the world's toughest. Its blanket ban on private ownership of rifles, pistols and even gun replicas is a core tenet of social policy. Still, a gun culture is taking hold. China may be freer from gun crime than many nations, and official statistics show overall crime on a continuous down trend. Yet, these days, reports about gun crimes turn up as often as several times a week even in the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Strident, Dismissive US Supreme Court Sides With Foes of Gun Control
Journal of the American Medical Association / JAMA. 2008;300(13):1575-1577, Editorial
30 September 2008
In District of Columbia v Heller, The Supreme Court held, for the first time in its history, that the Second Amendment grants an individual right to possess and use firearms for personal use, which encompasses the right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense. Justice Scalia, writing for a bitterly divided court that split 5 to 4 along ideological lines, said that the Second Amendment "surely elevates above all other interests... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq, United States
US Pays Clandestine Gun Dealers to Flood Iraq with Millions of Weapons
Asia Times / Inter Press Service News Agency
24 September 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the United States and Iraqi governments, have flooded Iraq with millions of weapons since 2003, charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or non-existent government tracking systems, many of those guns have gone missing, and some have turned up in the hands of insurgents. Contracts with one of these companies, Taos Industries, account for almost... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US NRA Launches $40 Million Campaign to Defeat Obama on Guns
CBS News (USA)
24 September 2008
The defining moment in the National Rifle Association's eight-figure advertising offensive against Barack Obama takes place about 15 seconds into a new spot featuring Karl Rusch, a white, middle aged Virginian clad in hunting gear. After claiming that Obama supports "a huge new tax on my guns and ammo," Rusch closes the door of his truck and turns directly to the camera. "Where is this guy from?" he asks. "He's probably... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Kingdom, Iraq, United Nations
US, UK Failing to Monitor Flood of Million Guns into Iraq, Amnesty Warns
Guardian (UK)
17 September 2008
Iraq is being flooded with weapons despite human rights violations by all parties in the conflict there, and without any proper monitoring by the US and Britain over where the weapons end up, Amnesty International says today. There is no clear accountable audit trail for some 360,000 small arms supplied to the Iraqi security forces, many by the US and UK, it says. Subcontracting makes the arms trade even less transparent. Among... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Afghanistan, Iraq
Lax Management by US, UK, Italy Armed al-Qaida, Says Amnesty Report
Middle East Times (Cairo) / UPI
17 September 2008
WASHINGTON -- Weak oversight of arms deals by the United States, England and Italy resulted in the illicit arming of al-Qaida, a new report by Amnesty International says. The international non-governmental organization says that despite new measures implemented to regulate arms deals, thousands of weapons have ended up in the hands of al-Qaida militants operating in Iraq, Amnesty International reported. The report, titled... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Call to Ban Assault Weapons in Canada: National Gun Laws Explained
Winnipeg Sun (Manitoba)
8 September 2008
How are guns classified in Canada? Three ways: Non-restricted, restricted and prohibited. Non-restricted guns are long-barreled rifles or shotguns that are typically used for hunting or shooting. A handgun or semi-automatic rifle is restricted but can still be obtained with a permit. A prohibited gun would be a fully automatic weapon but could also include a handgun or shotgun that has been altered to a different barrel size or... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Call for Assault Weapon Ban Launches Canada's Election Campaign
National Post (Toronto) / Canwest News Service
8 September 2008
MONTREAL -- Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion is calling for a ban on the kind of sniper rifle used in a deadly shooting rampage at Dawson College two years ago, saying assault weapons should be confined to the military. Dion's announcement comes within a week of the second anniversary of the incident in which a gun-toting Kimveer Gill, then 25, killed Anastasia De Sousa and wounded 16 others before killing himself. He had a history... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Ban on Montreal School Shooting 'Assault Rifle' Would be Easy, Says MP
Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
5 September 2008
Designating the type of semiautomatic rifle Kimveer Gill used in the Dawson College shooting as a prohibited weapon would require very little effort from the federal government, Bloc Québécois MP Serge Ménard says. Gill fired 72 shots from a CX4 Storm semiautomatic rifle, made by Beretta, during his Sept. 13, 2006 rampage, which left an 18-year-old student dead. In his report on the shooting, provincial coroner Jacques Ramsay... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Coroner Says Guns Used by Montreal School Shooter Should be Banned
Canadian Press
4 September 2008
MONTREAL -- Canada should seriously consider a ban on semi-automatic assault rifles like the one used to kill a teenage student and wound 16 other people at Dawson College two years ago, a coroner said Thursday. Coroner Jacques Ramsay said after releasing his report into the Sept. 13, 2006, rampage that compact guns like the Beretta CX4 Storm rife used by killer Kimveer Gill are light and accurate weapons that shouldn't be available... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Firearm Registry Should Reveal Who Has Guns, Says Coroner
Montreal Gazette / Canwest News Service
4 September 2008
MONTREAL -- A coroner's report into the deadly Sept. 13, 2006, shooting rampage at Dawson College recommends banning the type of assault rifle used in the killings and giving police heavier weapons. The report, issued Thursday by Quebec coroner Jacques Ramsay, also says health and education officials should have access to the federal gun registry so they would know if a student or patient has a gun. Ramsay said police should... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canada Should Ban Semiautomatic Rifles, Says School Shooting Report
International Herald Tribune / AP
4 September 2008
MONTREAL -- The Canadian government should ban the type of semiautomatic rifle used by a gunman who killed a student and wounded 16 others at a Montreal college nearly two years ago, a coroner said in his report on the shooting released Thursday. Quebec Coroner Jacques Ramsay also recommended that health and education officials have wider access to federal and provincial gun registries to check if a student or hospital patient might... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Better Law Could Have Kept Guns from Montreal School Killer - Coroner
Canadian Press
4 September 2008
MONTREAL -- If not for a delay in the delivery of his third gun, Kimveer Gill's deadly assault on Dawson College may have come months earlier as a commemoration of the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, a Quebec coroner has revealed. Instead, the 25-year-old, who killed one teenage student and wounded 16 others at the Montreal college, stalled his attack for several months until his arsenal was sufficiently stocked, coroner... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Orleans Stocks Up on Guns, Ammo as Storm Fears Loom Again
Times-Picayune (Louisiana)
29 August 2008
On what would normally be a slow summer weekday, the three employees at Gretna Gun Works Inc. frantically tended to a crush of customers admiring the racks of shotguns and rifles lined up behind the glass counter. Among the patrons: a jewelry store owner from eastern New Orleans with plans to stand guard through Gustav; two uniformed Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies inquiring about additional firearms; and an avid hunter... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Italian Replica Guns 'Can be Converted' to Fire Bullets - Australian Police
Australian (Sydney)
17 August 2008
Replica guns that can be converted into fully functioning firearms have been sold in WA. Police have expressed grave fears after uncovering a shipment of the replica 9mm Beretta pistols and 8mm Bruni revolvers, which were imported from Italy. Detectives from the Licensing Enforcement Division have issued a nationwide alert about the potentially lethal weapons that have been sold by army surplus stores in Perth. But... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
6,700 Licensed Gun Dealers Sell on US/Mexico Border, Arm Drug Wars
Los Angeles Times
10 August 2008
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona -- High-powered automatic weapons and ammunition are flowing virtually unchecked from border states into Mexico, fueling a war among drug traffickers, the army and police that has left thousands dead, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. The munitions are hidden under trucks and stashed in the trunks of cars, or concealed under the clothing of people who brazenly walk across the international bridges. They... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Shops In, Around Washington DC Refuse Sales, Await New Rules
Washington Post
30 June 2008
D.C. resident Anthony Mason walked into Atlantic Guns in Silver Spring on Friday afternoon and asked a question the staff had heard all day: "How can I buy a small handgun?" "With the overturn of the gun ban," the retired Metrobus driver began to explain to the sales associate behind the counter. "We're telling everyone to wait 30 days," said Atlantic manager Dale Metta, something he's repeated dozens of times in the past... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Afghanistan
US Army's $300m Ammo Deal 'Case Study' in Botched Military Contracting
New York Times
25 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- When the Army last year awarded a contract worth up to nearly $300 million to a tiny Miami Beach munitions dealer to supply ammunition to Afghanistan's security forces, it overlooked a very checkered past. A Congressional committee revealed Tuesday that by the time the Army awarded the bid, State and Defense Department officials had canceled or delayed at least six earlier contracts with the company, AEY Inc., for... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Georgia Gun Dealer Sued by New York City, Gave it Up and Fell in Love
Village Voice (New York)
24 June 2008
In 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was filing suit against 27 out-of-state gun dealers. He called the gun sellers a "scourge on our society," and claimed that they were illegally selling weapons that kept ending up on the streets of New York. Most of the dealers Bloomberg sued quietly settled their cases, agreeing to allow the city to place monitors in their stores to oversee transactions. Others shut down their... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Canada
Chicago Shop Owner Charged With Smuggling 220 Guns to Canada - Feds
Franklin Park Herald-Journal (Illinois)
20 June 2008
A former Franklin Park gun shop owner was charged Thursday with violating the federal Arms Export Control Act, allegedly for exporting 220 firearms to Canada. Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms took Ugur Yildiz into custody without incident near his home in Park Ridge, said federal law enforcement agents in a press release. He is in federal custody pending... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Prison Chief Fired After Handguns Discovered Missing from Jail Armoury
Washington Post
4 June 2008
The director of corrections for Prince George's County was fired yesterday after four handguns were found to be missing from the county jail's armory, the latest in a series of security mishaps at the facility. Alfred J. McMurray Sr., a 25-year veteran of the county Corrections Department, was relieved of his post two days after the guns -- 9mm Berettas, and their holsters -- could not be accounted for during a regular inventory... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada, United States
Drug Gangs Smuggle Guns from US as Armed Crime Grows in Vancouver
Vancouver Sun (British Columbia)
23 May 2008
VANCOUVER -- Last Dec. 9, an alert Vancouver patrol officer stopped a GMC SUV as it cruised through East Vancouver. As the vehicle was pulled over, a passerby noticed a loaded handgun being thrown from the passenger side. Two well-known gangsters were inside. But it was the modifications made to the 4x4 that surprised VPD Insp. Dean Robinson, head of the Uniformed Gang Task Force: The vehicle was fully armoured to deflect gunfire.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Court Hears Georgia Gun Dealer Sold 72 Crime Weapons Found in New York
New York Law Journal / Law.com
22 May 2008
New York City's public nuisance action against a Georgia sporting goods shop, one of the three remaining defendants in the city's effort to hold 27 out-of-state dealers responsible for the use in New York crimes of guns they sold, will go forward following a Brooklyn federal judge's denial of the shop's motion for summary judgment. In a written decision Wednesday, Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein found that the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Albania, Kosovo
75 Handguns Seized from Albanian Brothers Said Gunrunning from Kosovo
BBC Worldwide Monitoring (Tirana) / Shekuli, Transcript
7 May 2008
"Operation Morina" has led to the arrest of two brothers and the seizure of a veritable arsenal, including 74 handguns, which was in their possession. Yesterday afternoon, the organized crime department's anti-illegal trafficking unit, acting jointly with the prosecutor's office, organized an operation that ended with the arrest of two brothers suspected of arms trafficking. The two brothers arrested yesterday near Tirana's Pharmacy No.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York's 8 Year-old 'Public Nuisance' Lawsuit Against Gun Industry Fails
Reuters
30 April 2008
NEW YORK -- A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against gun makers the city targeted in a bid to stop the flow of illegal weapons. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the city's claims against the manufacturers and wholesale sellers of firearms, ruling a federal law granted them immunity. The decision overturns a lower court ruling. The city claimed firearms makers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
8 Gun Runners, Woman Straw Buyer Bought Guns in US, Sold to Mexico
Brownsville Herald (Texas)
28 April 2008
Two of the eight people arrested last week by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on charges of selling firearms to the Mexican cartel have been released on bond. Melissa Cannon, 23, and Celestino Alvarez, 36, who are each charged with one count of unlawfully selling firearms presumably to members of the Gulf Cartel, have each posted a $30,00 bond, according to court documents. Cannon and Alvarez, along with Miguel... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Collector Had 70 Illegal Firearms, Handguns, Submachine Gun
Regina Leader-Post (Saskatchewan)
9 April 2008
REGINA -- There wasn't any sinister intention behind a fearsome arsenal of guns and ammunition found inside a south Regina home two years ago, a Regina court heard on Wednesday. Instead, the defence told court that Murray Dalrymple Hogg's impressive and varied collection of firearms was a kind of savings plan, an investment for a man of modest means. "This is his Registered Retirement Savings Plan, so to speak," lawyer... ( gunpolicy.org )
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