Australia
Australian Arms Lobby Claims Gun Owner Privacy Threatened in Victoria
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
9 March 2010
Victoria's gun safety regime is under fire after a string of privacy breaches and other police gun register blunders. Shooters and traders say public safety is at risk from errors that could see information about guns fall into the wrong hands. In one of the worst examples, one person received about 80 registration certificates for a single gun. And a gun dealer was sent five application forms for a dealer's licence it... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Tiny Ohio Town Faces Lawsuit for Excluding Gun Shop, Banning Guns
Vindicator (Ohio)
9 March 2010
CAMPBELL, California - Council is reconsidering a citywide gun-sales ban after a lawsuit threat. Law director Mark Kolmacic told city council at its caucus meeting last week that a group called Ohioans for Concealed Carry has threatened a lawsuit over the ban, which stemmed from an effort by a Hubbard man to open a gun-repair shop on property he owns at 120 Robinson Road. Kolmacic would not elaborate after the meeting,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Mayor Makes Annual Call for Gun Control, Microstamping Pistols
Chicago Tribune
8 March 2010
Flanked by several parents who had lost children to gun violence, Mayor Richard Daley on Monday called for new laws to restrict gun sales and stiffen penalties for criminals who use them. Although Daley announces new gun-control initiatives every year, this year's announcement took on added significance because the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to overturn the city's handgun ban. "The aggressiveness of the gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
Indonesia
Police Arrest Alleged 'Terrorist Gun Suppliers' in Indonesia
Jakarta Post
8 March 2010
The National Police said Monday it had arrested two gun dealers for supplying weapons to terrorists in Aceh. National Police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said one supplier was arrested in West Java and another in Jakarta. He said police would divulge the identity of the two suppliers and how they obtained their weapons later. Bambang vowed to continue cracking down on terrorism despite the fact three of his officers... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico,United States
Tennessee Gun Collector, Drug Dealer Blows Whistle on US-Mexico Trade
Scripps Howard News Service (USA)
8 March 2010
The U.S. boss of a violent Mexican drug cartel who admitted ordering a hit on someone who ran afoul of him has been a busy man since authorities nabbed him and 34 kilograms of his cocaine at the border. He's traveled to Williamsport, Pa., to accompany his son on a Little League baseball trip. He's attended his sister's graduation from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He's vacationed with his family in Panama City, Fla.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Student Buys Gun Show Pistol, Ignores Campus Gun Ban, Shoots His Leg
WDAY-6 TV News (North Dakota)
7 March 2010
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - A Saturday night turned dangerous for a UND student after he accidentally shot himself in the leg. Law enforcement and weapon experts say this brings to light a very important issue: gun safety. Yesterday, authorities responded to a 9-1-1 call that a U-N-D student had shot themselves on U-N-D property. The student had purchased the gun earlier that day form the Grand Forks gun show which is a lengthy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Virginia Kills Attempt to Reverse One-handgun-a-month Limit on Sales
Washington Post
5 March 2010
A Virginia Senate panel designed to eliminate House gun rights proposals went about its work efficiently Thursday, killing an attempted repeal of the state's 17-year-old ban on buying more than one handgun a month and several other bills. The Senate Courts of Justice special subcommittee, which was composed of four Democrats and one Republican, voted 4 to 1 along party lines to table the gun-a-month repeal sponsored by Del. L. Scott... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Landmark One-handgun-a-month Sales Limit Faces Reversal in Virginia
Washington Post
4 March 2010
RICHMOND,Virginia - The latest and most significant effort to repeal Virginia's gun laws faces a critical vote on Thursday, when senators will consider a measure that would undo the state's landmark one-gun-a-month law. Democrats, who control the Senate, will try to kill the legislation through a newly formed subcommittee that they stacked with anti-gun lawmakers. Republicans and other gun rights advocates have protested, saying... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Effort to Tighten Minnesota's Gun Show Law Getting Folks Riled Up
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul)
3 March 2010
From Virginia to Arizona, federal and state gun laws are loosening everywhere from national parks to Amtrak trains. But in St. Paul, a proposal that would send Minnesota in the opposite direction is headed toward its first hearing Friday -- a bill requiring background checks on the purchaser of any firearm sold at a gun show. The proposal pits its DFL sponsor, St. Paul Rep. Michael Paymar, against the mighty arsenal of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq
Senior Spy Accuses Iraqi PM of Giving Away US Guns in Bid to Buy Votes
Sydney Morning Herald
2 March 2010
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A senior Iraqi spy has accused the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, of handing out thousands of guns to tribal leaders in an attempt to win votes. The claim was made by a former spokesman for the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, Saad al-Alusi, a week before Iraq's general election, in which allegations of vote buying and exorbitant handouts have been widespread. Mr Maliki, who faces a bitterly contested... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin to Compel Gun Dealers to Check Mental History of Purchasers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
2 March 2010
MADISON, Wisconsin -- Dealers would have to check the mental health histories of handgun buyers before selling them firearms under a bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the Senate. Senators also advanced a bill that could lead to limits on the areas where tickets for Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers games could be resold outside the stadiums. The handgun measure is meant to help prevent shootings such as the one at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Florida Gun Dealer Loses 29 Firearms, AK-47s to Thieves
Ledger (Florida)
1 March 2010
Orlando police are asking the public for help in finding thieves who broke into a gun shop and stole firearms and ammunition. Police said Monday that last week employees of Buffalo Bills Shooting Store arrived to find the store had been burglarized. Authorities said the stolen items include 29 firearms and at least 20 boxes of ammunition. Stolen guns include a Norinco AK-47 rifle, Yugo AK-47 rifle and SKS rifle. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Fearing Imagined Obama Agenda, US States Push to Loosen Gun Laws
New York Times
24 February 2010
When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. And yet the opposite is happening. Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue while states are engaged in a new and largely successful push for expanded gun rights, even passing measures that have been rejected in the past. In Virginia, the General Assembly approved a bill last... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Laws Loosen in US, Even as Gun Policy Changes Little Under Obama
CBS News (USA) / Political Hotsheet, Blog
24 February 2010
Gun rights advocates are pushing for a slew of new laws in numerous states to loosen gun control, the New York Times reports, in anticipation of stricter gun control laws from the Obama administration. Those policies, however, have yet to materialize. Because he campaigned on promises to make the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, to close the loophole that allows unlicensed dealers to sell firearms at gun shows without... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Florida Gun Dealer Loses 29 Guns, Assault Weapons to Thieves
WDBO-TV News (Florida)
23 February 2010
When employees of Buffalo Bills Shooting Store showed up for work Tuesday morning, they found their business had been broken into - and it only went down hill from there. Sgt. Barb Jones with Orlando Police says the employees called OPD to sweep the building and make sure no one still inside. And then there was the disturbing discovery. "They noticed that several guns had been stolen," Jones said. Twenty-nine firearms... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Arizona Gun Maker, Dealer Pleads Guilty to Illegally Selling Firearms
Arizona Republic
22 February 2010
A Gilbert firearms manufacturer will cease its gun operations after the company's owner pleaded guilty to illegally selling rifles, shotguns and handguns. Cavalry Arms Corp. says on its Web site that it has been "engaged in an ongoing dispute" with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, for two years over "regulatory and compliance mistakes." But in federal court last week, owner Shawn Nealon admitted that... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Milwaukee Police, DA Blast Law Designed to Suppress Gun Tracing Data
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) / Watchdog Reports
22 February 2010
As a candidate, Barack Obama promised to get rid of a law - quietly passed by Congress - that hides information from the public about guns used in crimes and the stores that sell them. Instead, President Obama has embraced most of the law and added even more rules that could make it harder for law enforcement to crack down on dealers and stores selling guns to criminals. While supporters of the secrecy law say shielding... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Getting Rid of Gun Control: One-gun-a-month Limit Hurts the Law-abiding
Washington Times, Editorial
19 February 2010
Virginia finally is poised to repeal its unusual law that prohibits law-abiding citizens from buying more than one gun per month. It's about time, because the red tape has not had the desired effect in lowering crime. There is no academic research by criminologists or economists that shows that one-gun-a-month regulations reduce crime in either the states that pass them or their neighbors. The laws have merely inconvenienced honest Americans... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
If Virginia Lifts One-gun-a-month Pistol Sale Limit, Get Ready for Mayhem
Washington Post, Editorial
18 February 2010
In a rare moment of gun law sanity, Virginia enacted a bill 17 years ago limiting the purchase of handguns to one a month. Almost immediately, the numbers of guns traced to Virginia that were used in crimes in the Northeast, particularly in New York, dropped sharply. Now, thanks to Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter, a Prince William County Republican who is pushing to repeal the law, the Old Dominion may regain the dubious distinction of being... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico,United States
Texas Gang Smuggled 340 Guns from Houston to Mexican Drug Cartels
CNN
18 February 2010
HOUSTON, Texas - John Phillip Hernandez and a friend walked into the Collector's Firearms gun store in Houston, Texas, to buy a cache of weapons. Hernandez was wearing sunglasses and a dark T-shirt with the words "I Am the Scene" scrawled across the front. It was April 28, 2007. Collector's Firearms was one of two gun stores they visited that day as part of a scheme to arm Mexican cartels across the border, according to federal... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,Russia,Thailand
New Charges in US Battle to Deport Russian Gun Runner from Thai Jail
Associated Press
17 February 2010
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. prosecutors filed new charges Wednesday in their global pursuit of a suspected arms dealer, hoping to convince reluctant officials in Thailand to extradite him over objections from Russia. An updated indictment charges that Viktor Bout and his former business associate, Richard Chichakli, conspired to violate United Nations sanctions aimed at stopping bloody fighting in Africa. The new charges appear... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Utah to Celebrate Birthday of Local Gunmaker on Martin Luther King Day?
Deseret News (Utah)
17 February 2010
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- The birthday of famed Ogden gunmaker John Browning would be celebrated as a state holiday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day under a new bill. SB247, sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, has yet to be drafted but is titled "John M. Browning State Holiday." According to Senate Majority Leader Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, the holiday would be observed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Virginia Passes 20 New Bills to Relax Gun Laws, Promote Pistol Carrying
Associated Press
16 February 2010
RICHMOND, Virginia -- A flurry of bills to make it easier to buy and carry guns handily won the approval of lawmakers Tuesday. About 20 gun-related bills passed on the constitutional deadline for each chamber to pass its own legislative proposals. Most of the bills passed out of the gun-friendly House of Delegates, where they may face more scrutiny in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Bills approved Tuesday would repeal Virginia's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Atlanta Asks Georgia Lawmakers for Permission to Restrict Gun Sales
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)
15 February 2010
The Atlanta City Council voted without opposition Monday for legislation requesting state lawmakers to allow cities to restrict where guns are sold. Council members supported the idea, but predicted it wouldn't get far at the state Capitol, where the Republican-led Legislature is largely supportive of gun rights. "I just think it's going to fall on deaf ears over there," Councilwoman Felicia Moore said during the meeting.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Domestic Abuse Shootings Bring Namibia Closer to Tough Gun Control
Namibian (Windhoek)
15 February 2010
The issuing of firearm licences should be stricter, as there have been several reports of women being shot by their boyfriends or husbands, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila said in Parliament on Thursday. Speaking on the debate on the draft defence policy tabled by Defence Minister Charles Namoloh, Amathila said: "Weapons [licences] are issued easily to the public, are people able to handle guns? Women are shot by their... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Senator Aims to Jail NY Mayor's Men Who Uncover Illegal Gun Sales
New York Daily News
15 February 2010
West Virginia has a message for Mayor Bloomberg: Don't come 'round here to buy our guns. A legislator there wants to ban the type of undercover stings that Bloomberg has used to showcase illegal gun sales in other states - and throw the mayor's investigators in jail if necessary. "It's for us to handle within our own borders," said state Sen. Jeffrey Kessler, who is running for governor in 2012. "We jealously guard our... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mississippi Mulls '2nd Amendment Weekend' Sales Tax Holiday on Guns
Sun-Herald (Mississippi)
13 February 2010
State lawmakers are considering a two-day sales tax exemption for guns and ammunition in honor of "Second Amendment Weekend" which would come just before fall hunting seasons. Some said fear over revenue loss might derail the measure, House Bill 1207, which was authored by Rep. Warner McBride, D-Courtland. It has 39 cosponsors including several from South Mississippi. But the House Ways and Means Committee hasn't taken up the bill.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Licensed Gun Owners Number 300,000 in Bosnia, Many More Guns Illegal
SEESAC / BalkanInsight.com (Belgrade)
11 February 2010
According to official data, almost 300,000 Bosnian citizens hold firearms licenses, and many more possess weapons that are not registered. This number was given to media by Ivo Miro Jovic, a member of the state parliament's commission on security and defence. Jovic said that 164,000 citizens of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina hold a license for some kind of firearm, while in Republika Srpska the number reaches 116,000.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Shame on Maine Lawmakers Who Condone Gun Trafficking Loopholes
Bangor Daily News (Maine), Opinion
10 February 2010
The Brady law requires a criminal background check to find out if a prospective gun buyer is prohibited from purchasing a gun. It is a critical law enforcement tool that prevents felons, domestic abusers and other prohibited people from buying guns. The law works. Since it was passed in 1994, almost 2 million criminals and other prohibited people have been stopped from purchasing a gun. In 2007, 297 people in Maine where prevented... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Utah Governor Wary of Spending Money on Secessionist Gun Lobby Bill
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
10 February 2010
A bill that would exempt Utah-made firearms from federal regulations is headed to Gov. Gary Herbert's desk, but a spokeswoman said the governor has concerns about the bill's constitutionality. "Governor Herbert conceptually supports legislative efforts to reaffirm states' rights, but is concerned about constitutional challenges to legislation at a time when the state can ill-afford to invest money in potentially costly legal battles,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Gun Owner Visits Gun Shop, Shoots Himself in the Leg in Carpark
Associated Press
9 February 2010
JUPITER, Florida - A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired, hitting him in the leg. The man was taken to a West Palm Beach hospital for treatment. ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya
Kenyan TV Crew Buy AK-47 in Turkana, Easily Smuggle It Into Nairobi
Standard (Nairobi)
9 February 2010
Buying a gun and transporting the loaded weapon past numerous police checks without detection has never been that easy. This is what KTN crew proved. Reporters and a cameraman were on assignment in Turkana last week when they managed to not only buy an AK-47 rifle and bullets, but also transport it to Nairobi. The reporters said the weapon was not discovered despite checks on the road from Turkana to Nairobi. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Poland
Drugs, Guns, Ammunition Seized, 9 Arms Traffickers Arrested in Poland
Polskie Radio (Warsaw)
8 February 2010
Nine people have been arrested by border guards in southern Poland for arms dealing and criminal activities. The regional prosecutor in Nowy Sacz stated that the group is being charged with dealing in narcotics, arms, explosives and people. The criminal group has been working in the Silesia region since September 2009 and includes a Slovakian citizen charged with bringing illegal arms into Poland. Silesian police... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Gun Dealer Faces Federal Bribery Charges in $15m FBI Sting
Bradenton Herald (Florida)
8 February 2010
MANATEE, Washington -- A local weapons dealer facing federal charges for allegedly bribing foreign officials for a $15 million contract last week pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C. "He's a fine-standing business man. He's a great family man. He's prepared to go forward," said Connie Mederos-Jacobs, an attorney representing Andrew Bigelow, 40, who appeared in court Wednesday. Bigelow, who is listed as... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jamaica
Jamaican Authority Revokes Gun Owners' Licences for Negligence, Risk
Jamaica Gleaner
7 February 2010
Last year, more than 45 firearm licences were revoked, and that number may increase this year as the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) has intensified its probe into hundreds of permits. According to reports reaching The Sunday Gleaner, dozens of firearm holders could lose their permits when the FLA concludes its investigation later this year. The list includes members of the security forces, private security companies and entrepreneurs.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jamaica,United States
Jamaica Police Fudge Multi-million Dollar Ammo 'Blunder' with US Felon
Gleaner (Jamaica)
7 February 2010
Almost eight months after the United States government convicted the illegal arms dealer, Lance Brooks, hired by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to broker a multi-million ammunition deal, the police are still struggling to conclude an internal investigation into the circumstances that led to the hiring of a confessed criminal to supply bullets to the constabulary. It seems the JCF is not in a hurry to reveal who made the error... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida's Slack Hidden Handgun Permit System Arms Philadelphia Felons
Philadelphia Daily News
5 February 2010
Imagine having your driver's license revoked in Pennsylvania but then being able to get one in Florida - through the mail - that must then be honored here. Now imagine it happens with guns. Because it does. Pennsylvania residents who are denied a license to carry a concealed weapon, or have theirs revoked, have found a loophole that allows them to get a license from another state that must be honored here. "They... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jamaica
Illegal Gun Shop Had Been Operating for a 'Long Time' in Jamaica
Jamaica Gleaner
5 February 2010
Munster Road, off Mountain View Avenue in eastern St Andrew, is considered a solid middle-class community despite its proximity to several volatile communities. With Wareika Hills as its back drop, the community borders the area of Mountain View Avenue known as 'Back Bush' with its neighbours, including Nannyville Gardens, Jarrett Lane, Jacques Road and other volatile communities. "This area, Sligo Road, Munster Road and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Gun Show Closed for 'Ongoing' Sales to Felons, Illegal Immigrants
Austin Chronicle (Texas)
5 February 2010
More than 200 people gathered at Austin Police Department headquarters Jan. 25 to protest what they consider unconstitutional police action in shuttering a monthly North Austin gun show -- an action they say infringes on Second Amendment gun rights. Protesters with Texans for Accountable Government, Ladies of Liberty Alliance, and followers of radio show host Alex Jones used dueling bullhorns -- often simultaneously -- to declare that... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon
High Demand for Guns, Lebanon's 'AK-47 Index' May Be Pointing to War
National (Abu Dhabi)
3 February 2010
BEIRUT - Abu Mahdi spends most of his day sitting in a plastic chair in front of a dilapidated concrete block shack on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs puffing on a water pipe and pouring coffee for a steady stream of visitors and customers that have come to examine his inventory. Two of his first customers on a cold winter morning are young fighters in their late teens from the militant Shiite movement Hizbollah who are... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Arizona Mulls Dropping Training, Background Checks for Hidden Handguns
Daily Sun (Arizona) / Capitol Media Services
2 February 2010
PHOENIX, Arizona - A Senate panel agreed Monday that any Arizona adult should be able to carry a concealed weapon without special training or background check. The 4-3 vote would create a major loophole in the existing laws that require those who want to have a hidden weapon to undergo special training. This includes classes on when people can legally use deadly force as well as marksmanship. And it also requires a background... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Brooklyn 18yr-old Receives Honour for Standing Up to US Gun Lobby
Daily News (New York)
2 February 2010
At 18, Kristine Arroyo already knows how to stand up to the powerful National Rifle Association - and tomorrow night, she'll stand up and be honored at Borough President Marty Markowitz's State of the Borough address. Arroyo, of Carroll Gardens, went to Albany last year with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence to lobby legislators to tighten gun laws and get firearms off city streets. For her, the issue was personal - just... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico
Hitmen Shoot, Kill 13 Students at Party in Mexico's Deadliest Drug Town
Reuters
1 February 2010
Suspected drug hitmen in Mexico have burst into a party and killed 13 high school students in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities. The students were celebrating victory in a local American football championship in a house in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. "The men drove up in four SUVs. They were well-armed," a neighbour at the scene said. "They went into the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Drug Dealers Tool Up with Handguns, Threaten Police in Massachusetts
Eagle-Tribune (Massachusetts)
29 January 2010
HAVERHILL, Massachusetts -- They used to be relatively routine arrests. Police would get a tip from a neighbor that a man was dealing drugs out of his apartment -- not big sales, just enough to be a nuisance in the neighborhood. Officers would raid the apartment, seize the drugs, and arrest the man without a struggle. Case closed. Not anymore. Police said those cases have become more dangerous and complex for the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Congo (DRC)
Firearm Buyback Creates Market, Organisers Drop Gun Price in DR Congo
Xinhua
29 January 2010
KINSHASA -- A "firearms for money" operation will be launched on Jan. 28 in the restive eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in the central African country's another bid to restore peace and stability, a source in charge has disclosed. Pastor Daniel Ngoy Mulunda Nyanga, the initiator of the operation, made the disclosure after a meeting with Governor of North Kivu province Julien Paluku in the provincial... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Caught in Straw Purchase Sting, US Gun Dealer Feels 'Duped' by ATF
Water Town Daily Times (New York)
27 January 2010
ALEXANDRIA BAY, New York - The owner of Panunzio's Guns, Route 37, said he was duped by federal authorities when he sold a rifle to a woman he later learned was an undercover agent. U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and state police executed a search warrant Tuesday afternoon at the town of Alexandria store. Louis R. Panunzio, the 79-year-old shop owner, who has been selling guns for more than 40 years,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Taiwan
Illegal Weapon Factory, 'Remodeled' Handguns Found in Taiwan Village
China Post (Taiwan)
27 January 2010
CHIAYI, Taiwan -- Chiayi Police yesterday crossed municipal lines to arrest a man who allegedly ran an underground weapons factory behind the facade of a registered green business in Chiayi County, local media reported. Kuo Wen-tsan was also suspected of illegal arms sale, given the sophisticated construction of six remodeled handguns found on scene, police were quoted as saying. But Kuo was cited as telling authorities that he... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Two US Gun Dealers Charged with Straw Purchase Sales in ATF Sting
Water Town Daily Times (New York)
27 January 2010
NORFOLK, Virginia -- The owner of Straight Shooters gun shop on Route 420 faces federal charges following a raid Tuesday morning by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and state police. Richard M. Oakes, 50, pleaded not guilty Tuesday before Judge David E. Peebles in U.S. District Court, Syracuse, to failure to record a firearm purchaser's identity, federal prosecutors said. He could serve up to five... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pennsylvania Sheriff Probes Sale of Police Guns, Machine Gun to Dealer
Times Leader (Pennsylvania)
26 January 2010
Luzerne County Solicitor Vito DeLuca said he is investigating the possible sale of other sheriff's office guns and researching whether any guns that could have been sold to make money have disappeared. DeLuca said he is basing his investigation on information he has received. Sheriff's office gun sales are an issue because the county administration recently learned that former Sheriff Michael Savokinas had agreed to sell... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon,Israel,United States
22 Prominent Gun Dealers Arrested in Arms Trade Plagued by Corruption
United Press International
25 January 2010
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four Israeli business executives were arrested in Las Vegas, along with 18 Americans, Britons and other nationals, on charges of trying to bribe someone they thought was an African defense minister to obtain a $15 million arms contract. The swoop on Jan. 19 was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year undercover sting operation by the U.S. Justice Department. It was the largest single investigation under... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Loophole Allows British Arms Dealers to Sell Deactivated Machine Guns
Birmingham Mail (UK)
25 January 2010
As long as you have the cash, you can snap up a deactivated weapon -- because the law currently classes them as metal ornaments. But those with the know-how and the tools can easily reactivate them to fire live ammunition. Guns on display at the shop have included a Russian Kalashnikov AK-47 machine gun, a British-made World War II era Sten machine gun and a German Luger hand gun. The Mail found the fearsome looking... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Loopholes in US Gun Show Laws Should Raise Security Alarms
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Column
24 January 2010
It is hypocritical for lawmakers to decry steps not taken to prevent Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding NWA Flight 253 on Christmas Day when they willfully ignore other glaring holes in Americans' security. A security risk big enough to accommodate a jumbo jet full of terrorists is the failure, both in federal and most state laws, to mandate background checks at gun shows when the seller is not a federally licensed firearms... ( gunpolicy.org )
North Korea,New Zealand,Thailand,Kazakhstan,Iran
Complex International Web Entangles Weapon Cargo Seized In Thailand
Associated Press
22 January 2010
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan - The trail of the plane seized in Thailand last month for reportedly smuggling North Korean weapons to Iran leads back to a small air freight company housed near an old Soviet airfield on the edge of the Kazakh steppe. The aging Russian plane's odyssey took it through a web of companies, financiers and air cargo carriers with addresses stretching from New York through the Persian Gulf to New Zealand, an Associated... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Shooting of 2 Police Officers Spurs Wisconsin to Close Gun Sale Loophole
TMJ-4 TV News (Milwaukee)
22 January 2010
MILWAUKEE - Before Julius Burton shot two Milwaukee Police officers at point blank range, he bought the gun he used in the crime illegally through what is called a "straw purchase." Burton is now heading to prison. What is being done to keep something like this from happening again? Officials in both city and state government are working together to make straw purchases a felony. A bill is being drafted... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Sister, 7 Others in Virginia
Washington Post
21 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia -- Christopher Bryan Speight described himself in court papers as a dependable, hardworking person who was not quick to anger, and he showed pride in his ability to "find ways to get out of problems without using force or violence." Friends, in letters in support of his successful 1995 application for a concealed weapons permit, called him "an upstanding, Christian young man" and "very mature and responsible."... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Washington Moves to Strike Montana's Secessionist 'Firearms Freedom Act'
Associated Press
21 January 2010
HELENA, Montana - Montana doesn't have the authority to exempt itself from national gun control laws, the federal government argued in new court filings, hoping to beat back a movement from states adopting the Firearms Freedom Act. The Department of Justice, in a brief filed this week in U.S. District Court in Missoula, said that federal gun control is a "valid exercise of Congress' commerce power under the Constitution." The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
British Arms Dealer Sold Guns to War Torn Countries Without a Licence
Press Association (UK)
19 January 2010
A British arms dealer from west London traded thousands of military weapons with war-torn countries across the globe without a UK licence, a court has heard. Gideon Sarig 58, of Lauderale Road, Maida Vale, deliberately chose not to apply for the licence as he arranged for armour-piercing ammunition, pump-action shotguns, bombs and other weapons to be sent to countries including Sri Lanka and Israel. Sarig used contacts... ( gunpolicy.org )
Israel,United Kingdom,United States
FBI Charges S&W Exec, 21 US-UK-Israeli Arms Dealers for Gun Sale Bribes
Reuters
19 January 2010
WASHINGTON -- An executive for Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (SWHC.O) and 21 others have been charged with violating federal bribery laws involving the sale of weapons and protective gear, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The indictments accused the individuals, including Smith & Wesson Vice President for Sales Amaro Goncalves, with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and conspiracy to commit money laundering... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Gun Show Fights Police for Right to Sell Guns to Felons, Anyone
Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
19 January 2010
An Austin police effort to curtail the illegal sales of firearms at a weekend gun show sparked an angry response from the event's organizer and raised concerns about whether the department overstepped its authority. Several police recommendations about the operation of the show were intended to curtail crime there and should not have been viewed as requirements, authorities said Tuesday. But the show organizer said he thought... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Gun Show Selling to Felons, Illegal Immigrants: Feds Make 8 Arrests
KTBC-TV News (Texas)
19 January 2010
AUSTIN, Texas -- Several federal law enforcement agencies as well as local police recently conducted a sting operation at the Texas Gun Show at North Lamar near Rundberg. Authorities made eight arrests. The Austin Police Department worked with Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement and Alcohol, Tabacco & Firearms agents. Investigators say that convicted felons and illegal immigrants were able to buy guns in and around the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Thousands of Mental Patients Allowed to Buy Guns in Alabama
Press-Register (Alabama)
17 January 2010
Less than a year after a court-ordered stay at a state mental hospital, David Otto Gluth Jr. went gun shopping. His involuntary commitment in 2008 to Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon made him ineligible under federal law to have a gun. The instant background check run by the Bass Pro Shops store in Spanish Fort failed to flag Gluth, however, because Alabama reports only a tiny fraction of mental health commitments to a national... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Police Chiefs Cite 'Alarming Increase' in Crime Using Assault Weapons
New York Times, Editorial
17 January 2010
The nation's police chiefs are finding an alarming increase in criminals' use of assault weapons -- the high-powered battlefield rifles that used to be banned, back when the federal government showed greater concern for public safety. The 10-year ban expired in 2004, despite the vows of presidential nominees from both parties to fight for renewal. Congress hasn't mustered the guts to try, preferring to roll over for the gun lobby. A... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Political Patronage, PM Flood Pakistan with 400,000 Private Gun Permits
News International (Karachi), Editorial
16 January 2010
What is the point of having firearms legislation if the prime minister and the minister of state for the interior drive a coach and horses through it merely to gratify the wishes of their political cronies? Since the last week of March 2008 more than 38,800 people have been issued with licences for prohibited bore weapons -- Kalashnikovs and Uzis, for instance -- mostly on the direct order of these two office-holders. There... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hidden Handgun Permits Double, Assault Weapoin Sales Up in Michigan
WLUC-TV6 News (Michigan)
15 January 2010
NEGAUNEE, Michigan - Michigan State Police are reporting that more and more people want to carry a gun. During the 12 month period that ended in June of 2009, the number of applications to carry and conceal a weapon in the state of Michigan more than doubled from the year before. In 2001, Michigan became a "Shall Issue" state. That means the only people denied permits are convicted felons and those with mental illness.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Philippine Congress - No Time to Pass Stricter Gun Laws
Inquirer.net (Manila)
14 January 2010
MANILA, Philippines -- The government has to make do with existing laws in prosecuting groups that possess illegal firearms because Congress does not have time to pass a "stricter legislation," House of Representatives speaker Prospero Nograles said Tuesday. Nograles said the House of Representatives would not be able to tackle the amended firearms code during the remaining nine days of session. Congress will resume session... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Victoria Police Close to Finalising Rearmament with Semi-auto Pistols
Age (Melbourne)
14 January 2010
The prolonged wait to arm Victoria Police with semi-automatic guns will be over within months, with the force primed to sign a contract with suppliers. Police yesterday called for tenders for holsters for the semi-automatics, saying that while it was studying the bids, it expected to finalise details for the purchase of the guns. "It is Victoria Police's intention to select a supplier of suitable holsters for semi-automatic... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
No Reason to Repeal Virginia's One-gun-a-month Law
NewsAdvance, Opinion
13 January 2010
Who needs to buy more than one handgun a month? And why? Those were reasonable questions raised 17 years ago when the General Assembly approved then-Gov. Douglas Wilder's proposal to limit the sale of weapons in the state's fight against crime. That limitation to the purchase of one handgun (or pistol, if you prefer) a month reduced the proliferation of weapons traveling up and down Interstate 95 and the violence that accompanied... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Man Inadvertently Carries Shotgun Ammo onto Milwaukee Flight
Associated Press
11 January 2010
MADISON, Wisconsin - A passenger inadvertently carried shotgun shells onto a Dallas-bound Midwest Airlines plane at Milwaukee's airport on Monday before he realized his mistake and alerted flight attendants, authorities said. The man, who was not identified, did not mean any harm, saying he had forgotten that the ammunition was in his carryon bags when he boarded the flight, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jim Fotenos... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
America's Law Enforcers Shift Focus from War on Drugs to War on Guns
Christian Science Monitor
10 January 2010
In the roll call room of Baltimore's Northwestern District Police Headquarters, a squat building in a neighborhood of liquor stores and crumbling row houses, photos of the city's most wanted suspects flash on a new, flat-screen TV. They are not necessarily drug kingpins or murderers or even dealers. But to Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III, they are top priority in this city with one of the highest homicide rates in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Guns in Locker Room Case, 'Misguided Joke' Taken Very Seriously
New York Times
10 January 2010
WASHINGTON -- The office of Peter Nickles, the District of Columbia's attorney general, is on Pennsylvania Avenue, not far from the White House or the Verizon Center. The proximity of the three locations underlines how law, government, sports and the continuing threat of violence stand shoulder to shoulder in the nation's capital, creating a stark backdrop for Gilbert Arenas's decision to store several guns in a Verizon Center locker... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NJ One-gun-a-month Law Passed, 'Falls Far Short' - NRA
Opposingviews.com, Opinion
10 January 2010
Last Thursday, the New Jersey Assembly voted unanimously (73-0-3) to approve S3104/A4361. These bills were drafted in response to recommendations put forth by the Firearms Task Force created after the midnight passage of New Jersey's gun rationing law. S3104/A4361 now head to the desk of Governor Jon Corzine (D) for his consideration. While NRA attempted to create a more robust exemption for gun owners, these requests fell upon... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Tennessee Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Guns
The Commical Appeal (Tennessee)
10 January 2010
1. A Nashville judge has struck down as "unconstitutionally vague" the law passed by the legislature in 2009 allowing people with handgun-carry permits to take guns into places serving alcohol. The bill's sponsors say they will ask the legislature to approve a new version. Do you support or oppose a bill to allow handgun-carry permit holders to take guns into places that serve alcohol? Democrats: Jim Kyle: I strongly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Guns a Privilege - They Won't Protect You': NBA Star and NRA Member
Sports Illustrated, Opinion
7 January 2010
Former NBA star Karl Malone is an avid hunter who publicly declared his advocacy of the right to bear arms by becoming a spokesman for the National Rifle Association. SI.com asked Malone for his thoughts on the situation involving three-time All-Star Gilbert Arenas, who acknowledged Monday that he stored unloaded guns at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., and said he displayed them in front of Wizards teammate as "a misguided effort... ( gunpolicy.org )
Vietnam,Yemen,United States
Virginian Company Fined for Attempted Yemeni Arms Brokering Deal
Associated Press
7 January 2010
Alexandria,Virginia - A Virginia company run by a would-be arms merchant pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to sell guns, night vision goggles and other military equipment to people in Yemen, Libya and other foreign countries. Ioannis "John" Papathanassiou, 51, of Vienna, Va., entered the guilty plea on behalf of his company, Taipan Enterprises Ltd., at a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court, admitting that his company sought... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife Avoids Prison for Shooting Extremely Abusive Nazi Husband
Associated Press
7 January 2010
Belfast, Maine - A woman who shot her white supremacist husband while he slept -- leading to the discovery of Nazi memorabilia, an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in their home -- won't have to go to prison for killing the man she said subjected her and their daughter to years of extreme abuse. Amber Cummings, 32, was allowed to go free Thursday after being handed a suspended sentence in the death of James Cummings... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
2010, A Year For the Second Amendment - LaPierre
Washington Post, Opinion
4 January 2010
The Second Amendment faces a decisive year in 2010. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has called for new semi-automatic gun bans - despite their decade-long record of fraud and failure, and despite his own Justice Department's failure to fully or even half-heartedly prosecute federal firearm felonies. Mr. Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have demonstrated their willingness to use cooked statistics to blame Mexico's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Notorious Wisconsin Gun Dealer Dodges Law Simply by Swapping 'Owner'
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
3 January 2010
Federal investigators recommended revoking the license of Badger Outdoors gun shop after a 2006 inspection - a rare move that could have closed the West Milwaukee business, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation has found. But there was no revocation and the store remains open, operating as Badger Guns. Federal records show the license recommended for revocation was voluntarily relinquished, the players inside the operation... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Congress, Feds Shield Negligent Gun Dealers from Public Scrutiny
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
3 January 2010
The public can't see records that reveal whether gun dealers are following the law - thanks to Congress. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' spending law strictly limits what information the agency can release on gun shop inspections. That law required ATF to heavily redact inspection documents on the West Milwaukee gun store that has operated as Badger Guns & Ammo, Badger Outdoors and Badger Guns,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Virginia Lawmakers Plan 'Vast Roll-back of Handgun Regulations'
Washington Examiner
3 January 2010
Gun control opponents in Virginia's legislature are proposing what would amount to a vast roll-back of handgun regulations, hoping to capitalize on a friendlier administration in Richmond to undo long-standing firearms restrictions. Conservative lawmakers have filed a flurry of bills including abolishing the state's one-handgun-per-month rule and allowing college faculty to carry a concealed weapon on campus. Despite the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
21 Face Gun-trafficking Charges in Philadelphia Crackdown
Philadelphia Daily News
30 December 2009
A 61-year-old man who shot his 16-year-old autistic son to death last month, then shot himself, got his gun from a straw purchaser, authorities said yesterday. Segundo Duque shot his son, Fabian, once in the head after pulling over in his minivan at Wyoming Avenue and H Street, in Juniata Park, on the morning of Nov. 9, police have said. He then drove nearly two miles to Sanger Street and Loretto Avenue, in Summerdale,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Illegal Guns Seized Frequently as Australian Police Turn Up Heat on Gangs
ABC News (Australia), Transcript
30 December 2009
Hundreds of illegal guns have been seized in Australia recently in a police crackdown on organised criminal groups such as bikie gangs. The confiscated guns range from rifles to pistols. Just where are the guns coming from? Police can't say for sure but there are several likely sources. Brendan Trembath prepared this report. BRENDAN TREMBATH: Police wrap up a raid in the New South Wales southern highlands. Twenty-five... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alaska Felon Ordered Guns on Net, Used Women to Collect from Dealer
Associated Press
20 December 2009
WASILLA, Alaska - Authorities say a 53-year-old Wasilla man amassed a huge arsenal of firearms despite being a felon. Gregory Dale Hayes has been charged with one count of being a felon in possession of firearms. He is accused of possessing 28 firearms, including semiautomatic guns and rifles with high-capacity magazines. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Yorkers 'Got Their Money's Worth' from Video Sting of Lax Gun Shows
New York Daily News
20 December 2009
Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against guns comes with a price tag attached. Bills obtained by the Daily News show the city Law Department has paid almost $1.5 million to Kroll Associates, a high-end detective firm, for its undercover probe of out-of-state gun sales. The mayor announced the results of that investigation with a big splash in October, playing secretly recorded videos of dealers improperly selling guns at gun shows.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Man Regrets Trafficking, Wants Gun Dealers Accountable
Philadelphia Inquirer, Column
20 December 2009
Reading my colleagues' recent investigation, "Justice: Delayed, Dismissed, Denied," you may have noticed a theme in the criminal cases that stall and die in Philadelphia's crazy court system: guns. Specifically, guns that their owners had no earthly right possessing, given their age or rap sheets. Today, I introduce you to a guy who put guns in criminals' hands. I'll call him "Jerome," because now that he's served 4½ years... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Poll Finds Most NRA Members Favour 'Reasonable' US Gun Control
New York Times, Editorial
20 December 2009
The National Rifle Association has long fulminated in the gun control debate in Washington like the Great Oz in the Emerald City. Now along comes Frank Luntz, a conservative Republican pollster who, Toto-like, has snatched back Oz's curtain to reveal that gun owners favor much more reasonable gun controls than the gun lobby would ever allow the public to imagine. Mr. Luntz queried 832 gun owners, including 401 card-carrying N.R.A.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Assault Rifle Maker Applauds Bill, Utahns 'Entitled to Any Gun They Want'
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
19 December 2009
Alex Robinson wants his assault rifles on foreign battlefields and Utah gun racks alike, so a proposed Firearms Freedom Act exempting local-only sales from federal regulation isn't a game changer at his Salt Lake City machine shop. Then again, Utah is gun country. Armed self-defense true believers see life and death in every constitutional affront. Many applaud a message bill that would preclude federal regulation of any guns made,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alaska Gun Owner Amassed Arsenal, Planned 'Something,' Now Faces Life
Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)
18 December 2009
A convicted Mat-Su felon who amassed an arsenal of assault rifles, grenades, flak jackets and weapon silencers has been indicted on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of firearms, according to the U.S. attorney. Gregory Dale Hayes, 53, is facing life in prison on the charge, which is the result of a yearlong investigation by federal authorities that included surveillance of Hayes' home at 6670 W. Hemmer Drive in Wasilla.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,Canada
Chicago Gun Shop Owner Gets 7.5yrs for Smuggling 200 Guns to Canada
Chicago Sun-Times
18 December 2009
A former suburban gun shop owner has been sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison for illegally exporting more than 200 firearms to Canada -- some of which authorities say have been used in violent crimes. Ugur 'Mike' Yildiz, 39, of Park Ridge, owned the Chicagoland Bells gun store in Franklin Park until federal authorities revoked his license for violating the gun-control act in 2003. Canadian authorities have recovered... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pistols from Virginia Gun Shows Fuel New York Gang, Street Crime
Daily Press
17 December 2009
NEW YORK - Hundreds of guns are seized in New York City everyday by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Semi-automatic pistols are the most popular crime guns that are recovered on the streets of New York today. In fact, it was the same type of gun used in Times Square last Thursday, when a street peddler tried to take on a New York City police sergeant and lost. Raymond Martinez was killed in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Gun Shop Worker Pleads Guilty to Illegal Sale in US Fed Sting
New Britain Herald (Connecticut)
16 December 2009
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- A Bristol pawn shop employee pleaded guilty Monday to one count of making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm as part of a federal gun sting, federal authorities said. Philip DeFrancesco, 40, of Waterbury was an employee of G&G Pawnbrokers at 294 Middle St., Bristol, in January when two undercover federal agents acting as part of a firearms sting came in to see if they could purchase a gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Moves Slowly to Prevent Severely Mentally Ill People Buying Guns
San Antonio Express News (Texas)
16 December 2009
Gun-control advocates Tuesday promoted a recent federal law that encourages states to report people with severe mental illnesses to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The NICS, established in 1998, is used by licensed gun dealers to check records on people who might be disqualified from buying firearms. People deemed "mentally defective" or who have been committed to a mental institution are among... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Record Taxes on Gun, Ammo Sales Fund America's Wildlife Management
Detroit Free Press
14 December 2009
The continued high-volume sale of guns and ammunition nationwide in the last year will lead to a big increase in funds for wildlife habitat and management across the country, including Michigan. A federal tax collected on firearms and ammunition sales is redistributed to wildlife and hunting programs in each state, and only three -- Alaska, Texas and Pennsylvania -- get more money than the $17 million Michigan is expecting this... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Firearm Dealer Loses 60 Handguns, Shotguns to Criminal Gang
Montgomery County Police News (Texas)
14 December 2009
60 more guns are in the hands of criminals after an early morning burglary at Shooters Station off of SH 105 West. Owner Danny Benois said 12 shotguns were taken and the rest were handguns. Montgomery County Sheriff's patrol units responded to an alarm call at that location around 4:40 this morning. When they arrived, the thieves had already made forced entry, took their loot and fled. Benois said the building has no windows... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Gun Shop Secures Handguns, Assault Weapons, Foils Ram Raid
Chicago Tribune
13 December 2009
Avon police are looking for four teenagers who used a stolen SUV to smash into a firearms store and steal guns. "It was complete chaos," said Lisa Daughtery, owner of Fort Liberty Firearms. Surveillance video shows how that chaos unfolded early Saturday morning. A stolen, black Ford Expedition slammed through the front door of Fort Liberty Firearms. Seconds later, four males in their late teens, jumped out and grabbed guns.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Threatens to Sue San Mateo County if it Adopts Gun Control Laws
Palo Alto Daily News (California)
12 December 2009
Gun rights supporters want to shoot down two proposed ordinances that would require gun owners in unincorporated San Mateo County to report lost or missing guns and further restrict firearms dealers. At its meeting Tuesday, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will consider approving the two ordinances -- a move the National Rifle Association has threatened to counter by suing. One ordinance would prohibit firearms... ( gunpolicy.org )
Malaysia,Burundi
Malaysia Escapes UN Censure After Officials Scrap Arms Sale to Burundi
Malay Mail (Malaysia)
10 December 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - An attempt by a local company to export some 30,000 assault rifles to Burundi, worth more than RM200 million, nearly caused Malaysia to be censured by the United Nations Security Council, if not for the prompt action by Malaysian officials at the UN body. The Malay Mail learnt that officials from the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the UN in New York had managed to assure the world body that the Malaysian... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Utah Gun Shop Owner Loses 25 Guns; Culprits His Daughter, Her Boyfriend
Associated Press
10 December 2009
Orem police have arrested two people accused of burglarizing a gun shop - one the daughter of the shop owner, and the other the woman's former boyfriend. The shop, Gunnies, discovered more than a month ago that it was missing at least 25 firearms. Orem detectives say they made the arrests Wednesday. The suspects, 31-year-old Raquel Taylor, and 28 year-old Jeremy Lamb were each charged with burglary and possession... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya
Gun Owner, Police Armourer Arrested Over 100,000-bullet Cache in Kenya
East African Standard (Nairobi)
9 December 2009
A couple was found with more than 100,000 bullets and military gear in their house at Narok town. Four rifles and two pistols were also found in Mr Munir Ahmed's house. A seventh pistol was found on his waist when he was arrested in Embakasi, Nairobi, on Monday night. The seized bullets are usually used in sub-machine guns. Yesterday, police displayed two telescopic machines, five pairs of military boots, assorted British... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Licensed Australian Gun Dealer, Outlaw Biker Face 100+ Firearm Charges
Illawarra Mercury (New South Wales)
9 December 2009
A firearms dealer will appear in a Southern Highlands court early next year charged with 101 firearms-related offences. Detectives from Strike Force Raptor, established to target outlaw motorcycle gangs, issued the 63-year-old with a court attendance notice yesterday afternoon. He is facing three counts of being a licensed firearms dealer failing to make quarterly return; 95 counts of being a firearms dealer failing to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin Lawmakers Buck National Trend, Tackle Gun Lobby Head On
Cap Times (Wisconsin)
9 December 2009
Earlier this fall, while scanning the merchandise at a state gun show for an antique handgun, longtime gun enthusiast Guy Gorsky took notice of more than the array of potential investment pieces. Based on the attire worn, questions asked and weapons eyed by a group of young men, Gorsky, who attends three or four gun shows a year, had a feeling they were gang members looking to make a quick purchase. "They were only looking... ( gunpolicy.org )
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