India
Religious, Peace Groups Hail Landslide UN Vote for Global Gun Control
Indian Catholic (New Delhi)
23 July 2008
NEW YORK -- Religious and peace groups heralded a nonbinding U.N. agreement on small arms that they said helps incremental efforts to curb the trade of illicit weapons. But disarmament advocates also said the action is part of a wider effort to curtail a serious international problem that is being fought by faith communities, such as parishes in Brazil. "The parish priest in the Rio (de Janeiro) favelas (slums) is part... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia's Moms Against Guns Raises 27 Free Billboards for Election
Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania)
19 July 2008
In April, Moms Against Guns had a humble request: one affordable billboard advertising its petition for stricter gun laws. Flash forward three months, and the Philadelphia-based advocacy group now has 27 billboards citywide, with at least six more on the way. The billboards will stay up through November's elections -- just long enough, the group says, for voters to elect candidates willing to crack down on illegal guns.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
For Suicidal Youth, Easy Access to a Gun Can Make a Big Difference
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Opinion
18 July 2008
After the recent Supreme Court decision stating that gun ownership is an individual right, you'd think that those representing the gun lobby's extreme stance would finally stop attempting to raise the fear in gun owners that common-sense measures to prevent gun injury and death are really just a means to ban all guns. Steve Chapman's column in the July 15 Star Tribune about firearm suicide does not represent the facts. When it comes to suicide,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York Gun Laws Untouched by US High Court Decision - District Attorney
Queens Tribune (New York)
18 July 2008
The debate is over. No more arguing over the meaning of commas or engaging in semantic minutiae over the definition of militia. The June 26 Supreme Court decision to strike down the Washington D.C. handgun ban in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller clearly established the right to bear arms as an individual right guaranteed by the Constitution's Second Amendment. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Global Gun Trade Aids, Abets Rise of Child Soldiers, Say UN Experts
Hindu (India) / PTI
15 July 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- The large scale trade in small arms is a major factor behind the growing worldwide phenomenon of child soldiers, top UN officials said on wednesday. "It is argued by many that it is the proliferation of small arms contributing to their ready availability in the period 1970 2000, which has led to the phenomenon of child soldiers as we know it today," the United Nations envoy on children and armed conflict, Radhika... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, United Nations
Strong Link Between Child Soldiers and Global Gun Trade, Say UN Experts
United Nations (New York), Media release
15 July 2008
NEW YORK -- The trade in small arms is a major factor behind the worldwide phenomenon of child soldiers, according to United Nations experts who gathered today in New York to discuss the impact of the weapons trade on society. "It is argued by many that it is the proliferation of small arms that has actually contributed to this rise -- the ready availability of small arms in the period 1970 -- 2000 led to the rise and the phenomenon... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations, World
Rap Star, Ex-Child Soldier Urges UN to Curb Guns, 'The Real WMDs'
International Action Network on Small Arms (London), Media release
14 July 2008
Emmanuel Jal, former child soldier and international rap star, will address the United Nations on Tuesday to urge them to regulate the gun trade. Emmanuel is an involuntary expert in gun violence. He was born in war-torn Sudan, and forced to fight at the age of six or seven with the rebel army in the civil war. Put into battle as a child soldier, he was made to shoot with an AK-47 that was taller than he was. He fought for five... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Control in America Is Probably a Lost Cause: 'Country Is Nuts on Guns'
News-Leader (Missouri), Opinion
13 July 2008
I had given the speech and was taking questions from the audience (always easier than giving a speech). A man asked me if I had any ideas about how to achieve a rational system of gun control in this country. My answer surprised me. "No," I told him. "I've given up on gun control. That battle is over. We've lost. I no longer think it's an achievable goal and if I were a politician I wouldn't lose an election over it." ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hundreds Gather in Chicago Gun Death Protest, Families Mourn in Private
Chicago Tribune
13 July 2008
South Side pastor Larry Trotter stood on a street corner Sunday and sang soulfully for all swept up in Chicago's street violence: "Trouble in my way, I have to cry sometimes." Hundreds joined him to protest the gun violence that has plagued parts of the Southeast Side, and the melodic call and response briefly overpowered the sputter and hum of traffic at 79th Street and Yates Avenue. But in two other parts of the city,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Jewish Lobby Deplores High Court Decision, Strongly Backs Gun Control
Jewish Light (St Louis)
10 July 2008
Local Jewish organizations have stressed their continued support for gun control measures in light of the Supreme Court's decision in late June on the case District of Columbia v. Heller. In the 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in late June that the District of Columbia could not ban owning handguns for self-defense. Sydell Shayer, advocacy chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, stressed that the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Mayor's 'Rant' Neglects His City's Long-failing Handgun Ban
Examiner (Washington DC), Column
9 July 2008
The ballyhoo over the Supreme Court's recent decision that declared Washington DC's handgun ban unconstitutional, and therefore implied the same for Chicago, didn't last through the holiday. Unfortunately, neither did five poor souls who fell victim to gun violence in downtown Chicago during the long weekend. "Why should our streets be open to someone carrying a gun?" Daley remarked after the Supreme Court handed down the ruling.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Gun Decision Ignores Precedent, Common Sense
San Francisco Chronicle, Opinion
7 July 2008
Christmas came early for the NRA this year. The big gift: the Supreme Court's June 26 ruling in the case of District of Columbia vs. Heller, which struck down the District's decades-old handgun ban and held that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to possess a handgun in the home for self-defense. The court did just what the gun lobby wanted -- it disregarded long-standing judicial precedent (including a 1939 Supreme Court... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Mayor Says High Court Gun Ruling 'Detached from Urban Reality'
Washington Post
6 July 2008
CHICAGO -- One small reflection of Chicago's bloody year is a sign outside a South Side school that says, "Congratulations Class of 2008. Stop the Violence." The school is not a college or a high school, but Carnegie Elementary in Woodlawn. In a city where homicide rates have risen by 13 percent over the same period last year and 26 students were killed by gunfire in the past school year, Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) thinks the Supreme... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Ruling Enshrines Most Gun Control as Legal Doctrine
Bangor Daily News (Maine), Opinion
5 July 2008
In the recent ruling District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that gun regulation is constitutional. While affirming the right of an individual to own a gun, the court ruled that "like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose." The decision went on to give examples of constitutional gun regulations... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Should be Actively Supported by India
My News Network (India)
3 July 2008
NEW DELHI -- India should become an active member the International Arms Trade Treaty to put a check on the illegal trade of weapons which is helping in fuelling armed violence that takes around 3,50,000 lives across the world, an International Affairs expert said today. "India should sign the "United Nations global Arms Trade Treaty' and become its active member to create a legally binding agreement to regularise arms trade," said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
High Court Ruling Revives Gun Control as a Political Issue - George Will
Star-Telegram (Dallas-Forth Worth), Column
3 July 2008
WASHINGTON -- By striking down the District of Columbia's extraordinarily strict gun control law, which essentially bans guns, a federal appeals court may have revived gun control as a political issue. It has been mostly dormant since autumn 2000, when Al Gore decided he was less interested in it than in carrying states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania: "Gore Tables Gun Issue As He Courts Midwest" (The New York Times, Sept. 20,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother Behind a Movement: Abby Spangler Leads US Gun Control Push
Washington Post
3 July 2008
Old Town Alexandria's Abby Spangler didn't set out to start a national movement for tighter gun controls. But she took note when two students shot their classmates at Columbine High School in Colorado. She watched moms keep their kids inside when the D.C. snipers terrorized the Washington region. Then five Amish girls were shot in their Pennsylvania schoolhouse. Finally, on the morning of April 16, 2007, when Seung Hui Cho opened... ( gunpolicy.org )
Senegal
Oxfam America Pulls Out of Global Gun Trade Campaign in West Africa
Afrique en ligne (France) / PANA
3 July 2008
DAKAR, Senegal -- Less than two weeks to the third edition of the United Nations Biennial on small arms 14-18 July in New York, Oxfam America has ended its collaboration with the West African movement against small arms in the fight against the circulation of the small arms and light weapons (SALWs) in West Africa. The announcement was made by the executive director of the movement, Georges Ndiaye, at a workshop on the June2007/June... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Rights Ruling Will Cost Lives, Both in America and Canada
Red Deer Advocate (Alberta), Opinion
3 July 2008
It's amazing how well-educated, intelligent people can so often do stupid things. Consider, for instance, the United States Supreme Court's decision to shoot down the 32-year-old ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. last week -- declaring it unconstitutional. By a 5-4 margin, the nine justices effectively ruled every American has the right to own guns for self-defence and for hunting. Not surprisingly, supporters... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
4 New Gun Laws Would Make Americans Safer, Still Fit High Court Ruling
Chicago Sun-Times, Editorial
2 July 2008
If Charlton Heston were alive, he'd be beaming. The man who filled the silver screen with chariot races and a parting of the sea played another prominent role in later years -- president of the National Rifle Association. Heston treasured his constitutional right to own a gun and was fond of intoning at NRA conventions, with his rifle held aloft, that his weapon would be taken only "from my cold dead hands." Now, thousands... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Violence Spurred Two Wisconsin Mothers to Lead Local Campaigns
Capital Times (Wisconsin)
2 July 2008
Wanda Lavendel Bincer and Jeri Bonavia got caught up in criminal justice issues by way of their respective daughters, though the circumstances were quite different. Bincer, who died last Thursday, co-founded the local chapter of Parents of Murdered Children in the mid-1980s after her 25-year-old daughter, Yvonne, was murdered in 1983 in Atlanta. Bonavia founded the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort in 1995... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia, West Africa, Europe
Legal Gun Trade is 'Source of All Weapons' as Europe Profits from Africa
The Point (Banjul), Editorial
1 July 2008
Many of our readers will be shocked by the announcement made by the Secretary of State for Interior, Honourable Ousman Sonko, that there are an estimated ten million (10,000,000) firearms in the West African sub-region. This is an extraordinary number and has the potential to wreak havoc and mayhem in our sub-region. It is very heartening however to see that the government is taking the issue so seriously. We must be very alert... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'At Last, Gun Rules We Can All Agree On,' Says Group of 300 US Mayors
Wall Street Journal, Opinion
30 June 2008
Finally. After decades of ideological debates over the meaning of every word and comma contained in the U.S. Constitution's one-sentence Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has issued a ruling that should largely settle the matter. In District of Columbia v. Heller, the court found that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms, while also affirming the constitutionality of reasonable restrictions aimed at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Disintegration of US Democrats' Gun Control Push 'Pretty Much Complete'
New York Times / Campaign Stops, Blog
30 June 2008
The Obama campaign Web site's "In the News" section, which chronicles Barack Obama's recent statements on the 36th anniversary of the passage of Title IX and the Juneteenth holiday celebration, does not include his reaction to the United States Supreme Court decision last week to strike down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. Though I couldn't find it on the Web site, the campaign did issue a statement -- albeit a fairly tepid one... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Ban on Seattle City Property Goes Up for Challenge - by Democrats
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington)
30 June 2008
OLYMPIA -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision on a Washington, D.C., gun ban combined with Seattle's attempt to restrict guns on city property has sparked a legislative discussion about an issue Washington Democrats have consistently avoided. On Monday, six Democrats from rural state legislative districts called on Attorney General Rob McKenna to issue an opinion on a city's authority to ban people who legally possess firearms from city... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Buybacks May Fail in One Aim, But They Remain Vital in Phoenix
Arizona Republic, Editorial
29 June 2008
Look, a new gun-buyback program Phoenix will probably not result in any perceptible reduction in violent crime in the four south Phoenix neighborhoods where it's being held.If the buyback goes anything like the others across the country over the past decade, middle-age, law-abiding residents will turn in older guns, mostly revolvers, in return for $100 gift cards that can be used in any Bashas' or Food City stores. The AK-47 rifles... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama May Prove Biggest Winner in Wake of US Gun Rights Decision
Boston Globe, Column
29 June 2008
When it comes to gun control, the Democratic Party is a house divided against itself. That helps explain Barack Obama's dizzyingly inconsistent positions on District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark Second Amendment case decided by the Supreme Court last week. As a candidate for the Illinois Legislature in the 1990s, Obama had supported legislation to "ban the manufacture, sale, and possession of handguns," so it wasn't surprising... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Right to Own Guns in America 'Should Not Extend to Assault Weapons'
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)
28 June 2008
'Today I didn't even have to use my AK / I got to say it was a good day' -- Ice Cube No one would mistake the Flat Rock area of Powhatan County for South Central Los Angeles. Homicides are a shocking rarity in this slice of rural Virginia, much less those involving an assault rifle. But Powhatan Sheriff Gregory A. Neal said an AK-47 is what killed 18-year-old Tahliek Taliaferro. The AK-47 and its imitators have... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
America's Gun Control Advocates Aren't Done by a Long Shot
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
27 June 2008
The Supreme Court's decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller case settles a long, heated debate, finding the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right to own weapons for self-defense -- not merely a right related to membership in a "well-regulated militia." But the ruling doesn't end the struggle over gun control, nor does it mean gun regulations have been eliminated. The court lists a number of laws the decision does not... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Close US Gun Show Loophole, Tighten Background Checks - Obama
Sydney Morning Herald
27 June 2008
American mayors and legislators are closely studying today's Supreme Court ruling which clarifies the constitutional right of an individual to have a gun and may make many cities' gun control efforts invalid.. The 5-4 landmark ruling is the first time the Supreme Court has clarified what the second amendment means. The majority concluded that the "right to bear arms" extends to the individual, not just the rights of states to maintain... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Law Decision 'Frightening,' Chicago Mayor Braces for NRA Attack
New York Times
27 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gun-control advocates across the country reacted with shock and outrage at the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns today, saying the ruling would threaten gun-control measures in other states. If there was any doubt that other bans would be in peril, the National Rifle Association quickly put those questions to rest when it announced shortly after the ruling that it would... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Decision Shows Way to Stronger Controls on Handguns
Baltimore Sun (Maryland), Editorial
27 June 2008
Thousands of citizens in Baltimore and other American cities have died in recent years in an epidemic of gun violence. The contagion is carried by a flood of weapons, legal and illegal, that presents a frustrating challenge to police, prosecutors and politicians attempting to calm the cities. Yesterday, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court significantly complicated that effort to control violence with a 5-4 decision that struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Ensures Even More Americans Will Die by Gunshot
New York Times, Editorial
27 June 2008
Thirty-thousand Americans are killed by guns every year -- on the job, walking to school, at the shopping mall. The Supreme Court on Thursday all but ensured that even more Americans will die senselessly with its wrongheaded and dangerous ruling striking down key parts of the District of Columbia's gun-control law. In a radical break from 70 years of Supreme Court precedent, Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, declared... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Election Run-up, Obama Moves His Gun Control Views to the Centre
Time (USA)
26 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- When the Supreme Court issues rulings on hot-button issues like gun control and the death penalty in the middle of a presidential campaign, Republicans could be excused for thinking they'll have the perfect opportunity to paint their Democratic opponent as an out-of-touch social liberal. But while Barack Obama may be ranked as one of the Senate's most liberal members, his reactions to this week's controversial court decisions... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Joins Wide Range of Reaction to American Gun Law Decision
Bloomberg (USA)
26 June 2008
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the Constitution protects individual gun rights, striking down the District of Columbia's handgun ban and raising questions about weapons restrictions elsewhere. The 5-4 ruling resolves a constitutional question that had lurked for two centuries: whether the Second Amendment covers people who aren't affiliated with a state-run militia. "The enshrinement of constitutional... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Mayors Vow to Uphold Gun Controls Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Associated Press
26 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- Washington's blanket ban on handguns will fall and tight gun laws in places like Chicago and San Francisco are sure to come under attack. But most of the nation's firearms regulations will probably stay on the books, and some politicians said Thursday's Supreme Court decision won't hinder their efforts to prevent bloodshed. The high court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, ruling that Americans... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Handgun Bans Don't Cut Crime: Gun Death, Injury Rose 340% in Britain
National Post (Toronto), Opinion
25 June 2008
Banning handguns is all the rage. Mayor David Miller's push for a national ban has been joined by other Canadian big-city mayors. Yet, dissatisfied with progress at the national level, Miller successfully asked city council this week to approve measures to further discourage gun ownership in Toronto, such as shutting down city-owned gun ranges. While it may seem obvious to many people that banning handguns will save lives and cut... ( 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
Moderate US Hunter-shooter Lobby Joins NRA in Opposing DC Gun Ban
New West (Montana)
24 June 2008
Even when you're the biggest and toughest of them all there's always somebody there to challenge you, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) has learned. The NRA's two-year-old nemesis, the American Hunters and Shooters Association (ASHA) just won't go away. "I'm here to tell you we're alive and well and plan to continue being a viable alternative to the NRA," announced AHSA President Ray Schoenke at a news conference at the annual... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sri Lanka
Most Sri Lankans Say Abundance of Guns is a National Problem - Poll
ColomboPage, Web Page
24 June 2008
COLOMBO -- Latest survey on small arms revealed that over half of the population (54%) in Sri Lanka thinks that abundance of small arms is a national problem. This was revealed at a launching ceremony of the survey report on the "Prevalence of Illicit Small Arms in Sri Lanka" held at the Lakshman Kadiragamar Institute today. This is the first comprehensive assessment on the small arms problem in the country. The survey... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Both Sides Await US Supreme Court Ruling on Right to Bear Arms
News & Observer (North Carolina)
23 June 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court is on the brink of issuing what could be its most important ruling ever on the controversial Second Amendment right to bear arms. Gun rights and gun control advocates alike are anxiously awaiting the high court's ruling, the first time since 1939 that the nation's top justices have tackled the Second Amendment. A decision could come this week. "I feel the founding fathers gave us this right," said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Death and Gun Control: US Big-city Mayors Brace for DC Gun Ruling
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Editorial
23 June 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon issue a ruling in the Washington, D.C. gun case and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin worries that cities may be hampered in their crime-fighting efforts if the justices strike down the D.C. gun control laws. "If the justices agree with the lower court's ruling, cities and states throughout the country may face challenge after challenge to the constitutionality of firearm regulations enacted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sri Lanka
35,000 Illegal Guns Said to Be in Sri Lanka, Most Held by Young People
Nation (Colombo)
22 June 2008
Nearly 35,000 illegal firearms are in circulation in Sri Lanka, disclosed South Asian Small Arms Network (Sri Lanka) (SASA Net) Chairman Kingsley Rodrigo, recently said. The situation, Rodrigo pointed out, was exacerbating the prevailing insecurity in the country. He added that majority of those who hold the illegal firearms were the youth. "Around 15,000 weapons had been given to politicians and their supporters during... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Ruling on DC Could Threaten New York Gun Control Law
New York Sun
19 June 2008
If gun enthusiasts are victorious this month when the Supreme Court declares what rights exist under the Second Amendment, their next target may be New York City's strict gun control laws. The federal high court may issue its historic decision on gun rights as early as today, and certainly by no later than month's end. Obtaining a gun license in New York City is now a lengthy and costly endeavor. In the span of a decade,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Liberia
Civil Society Groups Work for Regional Gun Control in Liberia, West Africa
News (Monrovia)
18 June 2008
MONROVIA -- As the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons continue unabated in Liberia and the sub-region, the Center for Peace, Education and Democracy (COPE) has intensified its campaign strategy against the illegal use of the deadly instruments among local officials. A three-day workshop held under the theme: "Building New Front against Small Arms in Liberia," in Bensonville, Montserrado County, brought together... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court to Decide on DC Gun Ban - National Public Radio Q&A
National Public Radio (USA) / AP, Web Page
18 June 2008
In its first comprehensive look at the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns. The District of Columbia's ban is considered the nation's strictest gun-control law. A ruling by the court to strike it down could threaten other gun-control measures across the country, including laws that ban machine guns or assault weapons. Although... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
'Gun Free Zone' Campaign Recruits Schools, Clinics, Bars in Namibia
Namibian (Windhoek)
16 June 2008
WINDHOEK -- Civil society's aim to get guns out of public places gained another ally on Friday when the Katutura-based Namibia Primary School declared itself a gun-free zone. The school joined a number of other educational institutions, clinics, businesses and shebeens who, since September last year, have become part of the Namibia NGO Forum (Nangof)'s initiative 'Towards a Gun-Free Namibia'. While the presentation of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Control Looms as Biggest Immediate Issue for US Supreme Court
Associated Press
15 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. The guns case -- including Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns -- is widely expected to be a victory for supporters of gun rights. Top officials of a national gun control organization said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Canadians Watch Closely As US Court Ponders Right to Possess Guns
Toronto Star (Ontario)
14 June 2008
As Mayor David Miller and provincial leaders urge Ottawa to outlaw handguns, Americans are waiting to see if the United States Supreme Court will shoot down one of that country's strictest gun control laws. The court is expected to deliver its judgment this month in the case known as Columbia v. Heller, which challenges the District of Columbia's ban on private handgun possession. At the forefront of the challenge are six individuals,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Could Help Define US Presidential Race
Sydney Morning Herald
14 June 2008
NEW YORK -- One month after the Californian Supreme Court made gay marriage a potential presidential election issue by legalising same-sex unions, the US Supreme Court may be about to do the same for gun laws. Not since 1939 has the court considered the meaning of the contentious Second Amendment to the Constitution, which pro-gun activists claim confers on Americans the right to bear arms. Gun-control advocates, working... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Curb the Spread of Weapons
Statesman (Kolkata), Opinion
12 June 2008
The campaign to reduce small arms and to eliminate the use of landmines and cluster bombs can save millions of lives. In addition, animals and birds can also be protected. Although attention is generally focussed on heavy weapons, greater destruction is caused by "small arms and light weapons", a technical term (generally abbreviated to 'small arms') which covers revolvers, pistols, rifles, carbines, machine-guns, ammunition, shells,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mali, West Africa
Mali a Hub for Gun Running, Local Weapon Makers Thrive in West Africa
IRIN (UN News)
12 June 2008
BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU -- Mali has become an established transit route for weapons heading from West Africa's increasingly peaceful coastal states to active conflicts in West and Central Africa, an ECOWAS expert has warned. "There are two factors on the supply side -- stabilisation in Cote d'Ivoire and in Guinea Conakry," said Jonathan Sandy, small arms programme manager with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Bamako,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
UN Gun Control Boss Braces for Loss in Supreme Court, New Strategies
ABC News (USA)
12 June 2008
The nation's leading gun control group filed a "friend of the court" brief back in January defending the gun ban in Washington, D.C. But with the Supreme Court poised to hand down a potentially landmark decision in the case, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence fully expects to lose. "We've lost the battle on what the Second Amendment means," campaign president Paul Helmke told ABC News. "Seventy-five percent of the public... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Gun Group Targets Young Australian Shooters, Uses 'Sexualised Photos'
ABC News, Wide Bay (Bundaberg), Transcript
11 June 2008
David Dowsett: Well, Roland Brown is Chair of the National Coalition for Gun Control, so what does he make of the magazine? Roland, good morning. Roland Brown: Good morning, David, how are you? David Dowsett: Good thanks, Roland, what are your thoughts on this magazine for junior shooters, is it a bit of a concern for you? Roland Brown: It's a concern for me for a couple of reasons. I want to talk about some of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, Africa
African Nations Collaborate to Prioritise Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
Nation (Nairobi)
10 June 2008
African countries will develop a combined approach to deal with the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons, an African Union (AU) official said on Monday. AU director for peace and security department Geofrey Mugumya said African heads of states were committed to combating the problem jointly to help in taming internal conflicts which have torn apart some countries. Addressing journalists on the AU commission... ( gunpolicy.org )
Malawi
Human Rights Campaign Urges Malawians to Give Up, Eradicate Guns
Daily Times (Malawi)
10 June 2008
A prominent human rights lobbyist has urged Malawians to help curb the use of small arms in order to enhance peace in the country. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), in a statement, urges Malawians to assume responsibility to tackle the proliferation of small arms by playing a proactive role and offer tips and information to police on anyone suspected to be illegally in possessions of firearms. "It is tragic... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Pakistani Civil Society Groups Promote Global Gun Control Campaign
Post (Pakistan)
10 June 2008
PESHAWAR -- Concerned at the increasing number of fatalities by small arms, speakers at a workshop stressed the need to raise awareness about the threat to life posed by small arms and asked the government to regulate the inflow and use of firearms in Pakistan. There are about 20 million small arms in Pakistan, making it the country with the highest per capita guns in the world, the speakers observed. They said that an estimated... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan, Afghanistan
Pakistani Gun Control Groups Target US, Afghanistan for Weapon Flood
International News (Karachi)
10 June 2008
PESHAWAR -- Highlighting case of Pakistan Raza Shah Khan, executive director of Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation (Spado) claimed that the problem of arms proliferation in the region was the result of Afghanistan war wherein the US provided about $2 billion in arms aid. "We had the greatest number of guns per capita in the world," he told a seminar, jointly organised by Spado, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Get Tough on Guns, Get Serious About Crime Prevention in Philippines
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Opinion
9 June 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- The challenge before the President, Congress and the Philippine National Police is not to "get tough on crime" but to get tough on guns and to get serious about crime prevention. Guns were made for one purpose only: to kill. A gun is a tragedy waiting to happen. Each violent incident, each senseless killing (like the massacre at the RCBC branch in Cabuyao, Laguna), each tragic story muffles a moral voice that,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bangladesh
Licensed Bangladeshi Gun Owners Rent 1 in 5 Legal Guns to Criminals
New Nation (Bangladesh)
9 June 2008
DHAKA -- Director of Bangladesh Development Partnership Centre (BPDC) on Sunday said more than 25,000 out of 1,30,000 licensed arms in the country, are being used in various illegal means. "We carried out a survey across the county which showed that around 25,000 to 30,000 arms under legal arms licences are being rented to criminals," BPDC director Sharif K Kafi said at a press conference. The press briefing jointly organised... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Report Shows New Increase in Child, Teen Gun Deaths in America
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
9 June 2008
Imagine a bullet fired from a semiautomatic pistol, moving through the night darkness faster than the speed of sound -- more than 1,200 feet per second or four football fields end to end. Now imagine that bullet slamming into the body of a child like a brick through a picture window. Hold that image in your mind as you consider some of the leads of recent news articles of child firearm victims: -Chicago, May 3 -Cortney... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bangladesh
Independent Gun Control Body Needed in Bangladesh, Say Local NGOs
Daily Star (Dhaka)
8 June 2008
Speakers at a rally here yesterday urged the government to form an independent national peace and security commission for checking use of illegal arms and counter terrorism in the country. They also demanded formulating rules and regulations under the arms act to strictly implement it for controlling smuggling and trafficking of illegal arms. The anti-arms trafficking rally was jointly organised by Bangladesh Development... ( gunpolicy.org )
Jamaica
UNICEF Urges Gun Control to Protect Children, Youth in Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
8 June 2008
The United Nations wants the Jamaican government to institute strict gun control regulations as a means of stemming the heavy inflow of guns and ammunition into the island. In a joint press release issued by UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the Global Week of Action against Gun Violence, the UN urged all stakeholders to increase their efforts to tackle the arms flow, and embark on a social intervention... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
London Youth Rally Protests Recent Knife, Gun Violence in Britain
BBC News
7 June 2008
At least 2,000 people, including many teenagers, have joined an anti-gun and knife crime march through London. The demonstrators began their walk from Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon which culminated in a rally at Kennington Park, south London. The march, which urged youths to keep off weapons, comes following the deaths of 16 teenagers in London this year. Relatives of youths killed in London also joined... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kosovo
Civilians Hold More Than 300,000 Illegal Guns in Kosovo, Survey Shows
SEESAC (Belgrade) / BBC Monitoring Service, KosovaLive
6 June 2008
More than 300,000 illegal small weapons are in Kosova [Kosovo], based on a research by the UNDP, whereas 49 persons were killed and 57 were wounded by these weapons in 2007. This was said today at a debate in Mitrovice [Mitrovica] in the framework of the campaign, "World Week Against Violence With Weapons." The head of the project, Enver Kqiku, from the Kosova Centre for International Cooperation said that such debates are taking... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Southern Africa
Gun Control Groups Urge Zambian PM to Cut Weapon Flow to Zimbabwe
Daily Mail (Zambia )
6 June 2008
The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) has petitioned President Mwanawasa to immediately put in place a moratorium on the transfer of weapons to Zimbabwe because they can be used against the people. And Centre for Policy Dialogue executive director, Neo Simutanyi, has warned that violence in Zimbabwe could escalate to levels worse than what happened in Kenya if the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York Mayor's Campaign Against Illegal Guns Wins Notable Court Victory
New York Times, Editorial
6 June 2008
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign against illegal guns won a notable victory this week when a Georgia gun dealer decided to default rather than go to trial in a civil lawsuit that accused him of illegally selling handguns that were later used to commit crimes in New York. The last-minute retreat by the dealer, Jay Wallace, is new vindication of Mr. Bloomberg's strategy for holding irresponsible gun dealers accountable. It is part... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
Southern African Nations Plan Moratorium on Gun Trade to Zimbabwe
South African Press Association
6 June 2008
Civil bodies yesterday urged the Southern African Development Community governments to impose a moratorium on the supply of arms to Zimbabwe. At a briefing in Johannesburg, Obby Chibuluma of the Coalition for Peace in Africa said: "We are asking for the moratorium on Zimbabwe to make sure security is guaranteed before and after the June 27 runoff elections." More than 110000 people globally had signed a petition on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
Global Gun Control Group, African NGOs Urge Arms Freeze on Zimbabwe
Reuters
5 June 2008
JOHANNESBURG -- A coalition of African-based civil society organisations urged southern African countries on Thursday to freeze arms shipments to Zimbabwe to avoid plunging the country into deeper political violence. Led by the International Action Network on Small Arms, the organisations said politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe was escalating ahead of a June 27 presidential run-off and any transfer of arms and military equipment... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
MPs, Gun Control Groups Pledge to Reduce Armed Violence in India
Kangla Online / Imphal Free Press (Manipur)
5 June 2008
NEW DELHI -- Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence was successfully observed on June 5, 2008 at the deputy chairman's hall, Constitution Club in New Delhi. The function was graced by Dr Thokchom Meinya, MP, Lok Sabha. Other MPs present included Francis Fathome and Dr Karan Singh Yadav of the Lok Sabha. The distinguished MPs commended the control arms movement that is going on in the country and reiterated that as parliamentarians... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia, Southern Africa
Southern Africa: 110,000 Sign Petition to Ban Gun Transfers to Zimbabwe
Namibian (Windhoek)
5 June 2008
Civil society in Namibia will today hand over a global petition of 110 000 signatures, which demands an immediate Southern African Development Community (SADC) moratorium on weapons transfers to Zimbabwe. The petition will be presented by representatives of the Legal Assistance Centre, the National Society for Human Rights, Breaking the Wall of Silence, International Action Network on Small Arms (Iansa) and Gun Free Namibia at 13h30.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Vatican, World
Vatican Airs Campaign for International Gun Control, Global Gun Trade Treaty
Vatican Radio, Audio
5 June 2008
The Global Week of Action Against Small Arms, which began on Monday and ends June 9th, aims to link commitments by the International Action Network on Small Arms at the regional and global level with actions by national governments. The project aims to raise awareness, campaign for better gun laws and push for stronger regulation of the global arms trade. One of the organizations participating is Pax Christi International.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone
Violence Prevention Groups in Sierra Leone Push Global Gun Trade Treaty
Concord Times (Freetown)
4 June 2008
FREETOWN -- National Chairman for Amnesty International Sierra Leone Tuesday disclosed that gun violence claims the lives of more than 350,000 people and injuring scores of others. Violet Kawa said the global trade that fuels the scourge of armed violence was yet to be internationally regularised. She said they would organise radio discussion programmes and quiz competitions in Bo and Kenema districts to observe the Global... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Campaigner Against Gun Violence Stabbed to Death: Grandson Arrested
BBC News
2 June 2008
The grandson of prominent anti-gun campaigner Pat Regan has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing her to death. Mrs Regan, 53, was discovered at the property on Marlborough Grange in the Hyde Park area of Leeds on Sunday. The mother-of-six started campaigning against gun crime when her son Danny was shot dead in 2002. The 20-year-old man was being held on suspicion of murder, police said. It is thought he had... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, China, Southern Africa
Outrage Lingers Over Chinese Shipment of Guns, Ammunition to Zimbabwe
Arms Control Today (USA)
1 June 2008
In April, South African dockworkers refused to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying more than 70 tons of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The refusal set off international reactions that led to the recall of the shipment and calls for stronger international arms trade measures, such as a global arms trade treaty. The shipment, including three million rounds of ammunition for AK47s and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, was meant... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bahrain
Bahraini MPs Sign Petition To End Gun Violence, Support Global Gun Treaty
All Headline News (Florida)
30 May 2008
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Four Bahraini lawmakers have signed an international petition calling for an end to gun violence and urging the United Nations to push for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with all its members. Parliament member Jalal Fairooz, from Al Wefaq, the largest Shia bloc in the Bahrain parliament, is one of the signatories of the petition. He told AHN, "There have been several cases of shootings which are a matter of concern.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Campaign for Canadian Handgun Ban Grows as Collector Loses 125 Guns
Toronto Star (Ontario)
30 May 2008
QUEBEC CITY -- Two big-city mayors have gotten behind Mayor David Miller's push for a national handgun ban. Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay has sent Miller a letter of support for the ban, and Mayor Peter Kelly of Halifax -- who attended the Big City Mayors caucus meeting here yesterday along with Miller and several other Canadian mayors -- is also onside. Miller has launched an online anti-handgun petition on the City of... ( gunpolicy.org )
World
Global Gun Trade Treaty Next Step in Campaign to Curb Lethal Weapons
Scotsman (Edinburgh), Opinion
30 May 2008
The decision this week for a global treaty to ban cluster munitions in Dublin is a significant step towards reducing indiscriminate civilian deaths and making our world a safer place. But the world needs to do much more if we genuinely seek to stop civilians dying from weapons designed for war. This is because there is still a type of weaponry in the arsenals of every government on earth that continues to kill and maim... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria
Youth Group Launches Global Week of Action Against Gun Abuse in Nigeria
Leadership (Abuja)
30 May 2008
A coalition group under the auspices of Youth for Peace (YFP), said every year thousand of people die while millions are injured from gunshots which if not redressed, would undermine people's livelihood and security. To this end, the group disclosed that first week of June will be the global week of action against gun abuse, stressing that all stakeholders should participate so as to remind the government of their responsibility... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Big Jump in Number of Newcomers Seeking Gun Licence in New Zealand
New Zealand Herald
29 May 2008
Aspiring Asian gun-owners, growing numbers of recreational hunters and the rise of the lifestyle block are being credited for an increase in the number of people seeking gun licences. A memo to police shows the number of first-time applicants for firearms licences almost doubled in six years, from 4654 in 2001 to 8370 last year. Mike Spray of the Mountain Safety Council -- which runs firearms training and lectures for licensees... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Licensed Toronto Gun Collector Loses 80 'Improperly Stored' Firearms
CITY News (Toronto)
29 May 2008
As Mayor David Miller fights to rid the city of both legal and illegal guns police raided an east end home and seized dozens of firearms and some ammunition. Authorities entered the home in the Queen Street and Victoria Park area early Thursday morning where they removed over 80 guns and several rounds of ammunition apparently belonging to a collector. Police allege the firearms were being stored improperly. Miller... ( gunpolicy.org )
Europe, United States, United Nations
NATO Hosts Conference on Global Threat Posed by Proliferation of Guns
Xinhua
29 May 2008
BRUSSELS -- A three-day international conference opened at the NATO headquarters on Wednesday to address the global threat posed by the proliferation, illicit trade and use of small arms and light weapons (SALW). The meeting, co-sponsored by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council countries and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, focuses on strengthening the role of regional organizations in addressing the threat.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Gun Lobby Aims to 'Hurt Toronto,' Punish Mayor for Gun Control
Toronto Sun (Ontario)
28 May 2008
The duel is on. A group representing legal gun owners has vowed to hit Toronto where it hurts the most -- in the economy -- because Mayor David Miller has targeted them in his ongoing battle against gun crime. "Our goal is to hurt the City of Toronto," said Tony Bernardo, of the Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, which speaks for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association. "You can only take being defecated upon for... ( gunpolicy.org )
Europe, United States, United Nations
Europe Hosts OSCE / NATO Forum on Global Threat of Illicit Firearms
United Press International
28 May 2008
BRUSSELS -- A forum being held in Brussels is designed to promote greater cooperation on deterring the global threat posed by the illicit small arms and weapons trade. The three-day conference, which began Wednesday, has brought together security experts from around the world to discuss how to coordinate and harmonize a response to the small arms and light weapons threat. The Synergy Conference for Regional Organizations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Mayor Once Again Takes Gun Control Campaign to Lawmakers
Times Leader (Pennsylvania) / AP
28 May 2008
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Tuesday he wants to work with anyone willing to help him address the gun violence that plagues his city and other parts of the state. Nutter, a Democrat who took office in January, told a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon in Harrisburg that he was interested in "a different kind of dialogue," and that both sides have to be more realistic. "I'm committed to working with anyone who is... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Enthusiasts Angry at Proposed Bylaw to Ban Firearms in Toronto
Reuters
27 May 2008
TORONTO -- Firearm enthusiasts slammed Toronto's proposed anti-gun measures on Tuesday, which would see shooting ranges, gun clubs and firearm manufacturers banned from Canada's largest city. Toronto Mayor David Miller announced on Monday he will support staff recommendations contained in a new report that recommends restrictions on land use for the manufacture, distribution, assembly, warehousing and discharge of guns as part of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Owners Threaten Tourist Boycott of Toronto Over Mayor's 'Vile Slander'
National Post (Toronto)
27 May 2008
A group representing gun owners and sport shooters is calling for a tourism boycott of Toronto over a ban on gun clubs, ranges and firearm-related businesses proposed by Mayor David Miller. Tony Bernardo, the director of the Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, said his group and the Canadian Shooting Sports Association will urge Canadian gun owners and their far more numerous American cousins to avoid visiting Toronto this... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Toronto's 'Demagogue' Mayor Redirects Public Anger to Lawful Gun Owners
National Post (Toronto), Editorial
27 May 2008
Let's see if we have this right. Toronto has a problem with young gang members using smuggled handguns to kill one another in rave clubs and warehouses -- and in order to fight this trend, mayor David Miller wants to ... take away target pistols from Olympic shooters and close down law-abiding gun clubs. Mr. Miller's logic is so bizarre, it's hard to know where to begin to dismantle it. He either completely misunderstands the causes... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Toronto's Mayor Wants All Gun Clubs, Sport Shooting Ranges Shut Down
Toronto Star (Ontario)
27 May 2008
Mayor David Miller wants to close recreational shooting ranges in Toronto, along with giving the city power to block gun manufacturers and wholesalers from opening new plants or warehouses. "Nobody can deny that hobby directly results in people being shot and killed on the streets of our city," Miller said of sport shooting yesterday, amid debate on a possible gun bylaw. Canadian Olympic pistol shooter and downtown resident... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, East Africa
Concern Over Increase in Illegal Guns After Post-Poll Violence in Kenya
IRIN (UN News)
26 May 2008
NAIROBI -- Very little has been done to check the increase in illegal guns in parts of Kenya that were hardest hit by the post-election crisis, an official of a peace and development NGO said on 23 May. "The small arms problem is bigger at this point than at any other time in our country's history, especially owing to the post-election violence, which created new markets for illegal arms more than ever before," Mutuku Nguli, chief... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Oakland is Drowning in Guns: California Women Fed Up with Gun Violence
Oakland Tribune (California), Column
26 May 2008
Consider the 127 people who were murdered in Oakland last year and one similarity leaps out: All but 20 were shot to death. It's hardly any secret to any of us who live in the city that Oakland is drowning in guns. And for all of you Second Amendment watchdogs, I'm not talking about guns like my late grandmother's .38 special, which she kept loaded in a nightstand by the side of her bed, despite the crippling arthritis... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Toronto's Gun Clubs Under Fire: City Could Shut Down Sport Shooting
Global TV (Ontario)
26 May 2008
A new report on solutions to gun violence says Toronto should shut down all firing ranges, and change zoning laws to ban businessess from making or distributing the weapons. The report was ordered after the shooting deaths of several innocent bystanders in the city. It outlines what are considered the city's most concrete measures for addressing the problem. Mayor's release: "Toronto Mayor David Miller today announced his... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Rogue' Georgia Gun Dealer Holds Firm Against New York City Law Suit
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)
25 May 2008
A pair of binoculars is always on the ledge of a window that offers a view from Jay Wallace's office to the sales floor of Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna. He uses them to keep an eye on both customers and employees. "I'm proud of how I run my business," Wallace said. But on Tuesday he'll be in a New York courtroom, defending Adventure Outdoors against accusations that it is a "rogue" gun dealership that paid scant attention... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Push Should Enlist Gun Owners in Cause of Rational Laws
Daily Herald (Chicago), Editorial
24 May 2008
Many people support "common-sense" gun laws. So the argument goes. An example of such laws are those that require background checks on potential gun buyers. Who wouldn't want to make sure that people with criminal histories, those who have committed domestic violence and those with destabilizing mental illnesses are kept from purchasing guns through a screening process? Indeed, there is strong public support for such laws,... ( 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 )
United States
Georgia Gun Dealer 'David' Faces Up to New York Mayor 'Goliath' in Court
New York Times
22 May 2008
When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg stood at City Hall two years ago to announce that he had just filed suit against several gun shop owners, mainly in the South, it was in a certain fashion the capstone of a signature campaign. Mr. Bloomberg had already bashed the industry in several angry speeches, gone to Washington to pressure congressmen and lobbyists, and made his war against illegal guns a personal crusade. Now, however, Mr.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Judge Won't Allow New York Mayor to Testify Against Georgia Gun Dealer
New York Times
22 May 2008
Saying that he did not want "a media show," a federal judge ruled on Thursday that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg cannot testify at the pending civil trial of a Georgia gun dealer accused of creating a public nuisance in New York by selling weapons that were later used to commit crimes in the city. City officials said on Wednesday that Mr. Bloomberg was almost certain to take the stand next month in Federal District Court in Brooklyn... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NY Gun Lobbyists' 'Bare Knuckle' Invasion of Handgun Microstamping Event
Albany Times-Union (New York), Editorial
22 May 2008
Whenever a gun control measure begins to wind its way through the Legislature, the gun lobby goes into full-bore opposition. The approach is as familiar as it is effective. It includes lobbying lawmakers; spreading around campaign contributions to sympathetic legislators; holding press conferences, and sending out opinion articles to newspapers to make its case to the public. That's within the bounds of accepted practice. But what... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Relaxed Gun Controls, Unlicensed Sales Help Fuel California Gun Violence
Oakland Tribune (California)
22 May 2008
OAKLAND -- Seventeen-year-old Dominique Nubie stood on a West Oakland street corner talking about what matters in his life. "Guns "... everybody here has guns," he said, motioning around. Instead of the usual high school concerns about finishing homework or making the basketball team, Dominique worries most about survival in a neighborhood where many of his peers own guns. Oakland is teeming with guns. They're... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Campaign Aims to Split McCain and the 'Suffering' NRA
Washington Times, Blog
22 May 2008
The Brady Campaign, the group that campaigns for stricter gun control laws, is hoping to rain on Sen. John McCain's overtures to the National Rifle Association, arguing the two are an unlikely fit for each other. Brady President Paul Helmke, in a new blog, says the NRA must be suffering since the candidate it's stuck with having to support, McCain, has earned only a "C+" grade from the NRA. Helmke reminds his readers exactly... ( gunpolicy.org )
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