South Africa
Gun Amnesty Road Show Aims to Mop Up Illegal South African Firearms
BuaNews (Tshwane)
9 March 2010
MORETELE, South Africa -- The North West Department of Public Safety has kicked off the 2010 Firearms Amnesty roadshow in the Moretele Local Municipality. Public Safety spokesperson Lesiba Kgwele said the campaign sought to amplify the call for residents to surrender illegal firearms and ammunition without being arrested before the April 11 deadline. The call came after Public Safety MEC Howard Yawa on Friday launched the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Owners Flaunting Weapons in Public 'Expose Rifts' in US Gun Lobby
New York Times
8 March 2010
For years, being able to carry a concealed handgun has been a sacred right for many gun enthusiasts. In defending it, Charlton Heston, the actor and former president of the National Rifle Association, used to say that the flock is safer when the wolves cannot tell the difference between the lions and the lambs. But a grass-roots effort among some gun rights advocates is shifting attention to a different goal: exercising the right... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Bill Would Stop Florida Using Hidden Handgun Money for Public Projects
Associated Press
3 March 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Florida - The Florida Senate has passed a bill that will force lawmakers to keep their hands off a trust fund that covers the costs of the state's concealed weapons permitting program. The bill (SB 1158), a top priority for the National Rifle Association, passed Tuesday. It now goes to the House where a similar measure (HB 651) has cleared committee and awaits floor action. The Legislature recently has been... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Constitutional Bookends Close In, Corral US Gun Control Movement
Atlantic (USA), Column
3 March 2010
The second Constitutional bookend corralling the modern American gun control movement is just about in place. The Supreme Court's oral argument Tuesday morning strongly suggests that a majority of the justices intend to extend onto the state and local scene the Second Amendment's individual gun rights. Once such a ruling is in place (bet the house on the last week of June) we'll see a sea change in the way gun ordinances are written, enacted,... ( 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 )
United States
Starbucks: Allowing American Customers to Wear Guns Is Just Business
Associated Press
2 March 2010
SEATTLE -- Coffee chain Starbucks said Wednesday it's sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it's legal and is asking not to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate. The company's statement, issued Wednesday, stems from recent campaign by some gun owners, who have walked into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Now,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Virginia Allows Hidden Handguns in Bars - As Long As Owners Don't Drink
Washington Post, Blog
2 March 2010
Gun-rights supporters had reason to cheer Tuesday after the Virginia General Assembly gave final approval to a bill allowing concealed weapons permit holders to enter restaurants that serve alcohol. Two other bills friendly to gun owners also won final approval. On a day when the U.S. Supreme Court was hearing perhaps the most widely followed Second Amendment case in years, Virginia's House of Delegates gave final passage to a Senate... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Campaign Grows as More US Gun Owners Flaunt Handguns in Starbucks
Associated Press
28 February 2010
Dale Welch recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia, handgun strapped to his waist, and ordered a banana Frappuccino with a cinnamon bun. He says the firearm drew a double-take from at least one customer, but not a peep from the baristas. Welch's foray into the coffeehouse was part of an effort by some gun owners to exercise and advertise their rights in states that allow people to openly carry firearms. Even in some... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Peaceful Disarmament 'Failed,' Uganda Army Goes for Karimojong Guns
New Vision (Kampala)
28 February 2010
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Karimojong warriors who do not voluntarily surrender their guns risk being court-martialled, the Government has warned. Information minister Kabakumba Masiko said about 70 warriors who refused to surrender their guns had been tried in the Court Martial. "The rustlers will be dealt with firmly and decisively and cattle rustling will be a thing of the past," she told a media briefing at the Kampala Media... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Thousands of Guns, Ammunition Surrendered in South African Amnesty
BuaNews (Tshwane)
26 February 2010
PRETORIA,South Africa -- Over 6 300 firearms and more than 90 000 rounds of ammunition have been surrendered to the South African Police Service to date. This is in line with the Ministerial Amnesty which expires on 11 April this year. Under the amnesty, anyone who has an illegal or unregistered gun, ammunition or firearm parts can hand them in without being prosecuted. The theme is "Together we can do more against crime.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Women's Groups Pressure Opposition MPs to Save Canada's Gun Registry
Canadian Press
26 February 2010
MONTREAL, Canada - Gun-control advocates pleaded with Ottawa's opposition parties to stand united against a move to shelve the gun registry when Parliament reconvenes next week. The call came Friday from a coalition that included police, politicians, women's groups, and Heidi Rathjen, a survivor of Montreal's 1989 Polytechnique massacre. They said they hold no hope of persuading the governing Conservatives to back away... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Lobby Targets California Sheriff's Hidden Handgun Permit Policy
Orange County Register (California), Blog
25 February 2010
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens prompted guffaws from some Second Amendment stalwarts when she said at a Feb. 9 candidate forum that she's approved 90 percent of applications for concealed weapons permits. In fact, she's significantly tightened distribution criteria. There are 22 percent fewer CCW permits than when Hutchens was appointed to the job in 2008. And most permits she's approved come with restrictions absent from permits issued... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Karamoja Elder Betrayed by Gun Amnesty, Uganda Army 'Cattle Rustlers'
Monitor (Kampala)
21 February 2010
He has dedicated his life to peace, worked closely with the UPDF to disarm his clansmen and once secured surrender of 200 illegal guns in a day. Today, Mzee Aramutori Lokodo is an angry elder, temporary confined by the government at a top Kampala Hotel, after soldiers allegedly grabbed all his 350 cattle last month. He spoke to Sunday Monitor's Tabu Butagira (through an interpreter) about how the army has become what he called a "cattle-rustling... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Some US Coffee Chains Ban Gun-toting Customers, Starbucks Trembles
New York Times, Editorial
19 February 2010
It looked like a casting call for a Sam Pekinpah shoot-'em-up: 100 or so gun enthusiasts showed up at the Buckhorn Grill in Walnut Creek, Calif., this month with revolvers strapped on their hips. "We're not politically involved," the restaurant manager declared as he agreed to serve the supporters of Open Carry, a group that goes around flaunting gun owners' right -- under a benighted California law -- to pack weapons in public. Four... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Obama, Clinton Join UN Treaty Push to Set Global Gun Trade Controls
Defense News (USA)
18 February 2010
The United States is working with other countries and the United Nations to impose uniform controls on international sales of conventional arms. But the U.S. State Department said it is likely to be years before an Arms Trade Treaty takes effect. The United States is committed to pursuing a "robust treaty" that sets "the highest possible legally binding standards" for international sales of conventional weapons, U.S. Ambassador... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Campaigners Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty, Fewer Firearms
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
15 February 2010
NEW DELHI - Twenty-one organisations from across the country have come together to appeal to the Government to go for welfare instead of warfare. In a parallel event to the Defence Expo-2010 starting this Monday, these organisations, representing civil society, are gathering for "Delhi disarmament events and conference for an arms trade treaty," which will focus on the consequences of arms trade and the way military spending is... ( 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
Is Barack Obama Really Anti-gun? No, He's Anti-gun Control
Chicago Tribune, Opinion
14 February 2010
Among the many groups that opposed Barack Obama's presidential race, few were more certain or vehement than gun-rights organizations. "Barack Obama would be the most anti-gun president in American history," the National Rifle Association announced. "Obama is a committed anti-gunner," warned Gun Owners of America. So it's no stunner that after a year in office, the president is getting hammered by people who have no use for his policy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Group Petitions Starbucks to Ban Customers Carrying Guns
CBS News (USA)
10 February 2010
A national pro-gun-control organization wants Starbucks to take a firm stance on whether it allows customers to carry unconcealed firearms in its stores. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence wants its members to sign a petition telling the international coffee company to keep guns out of its locations, according to The Seattle Times. The petition has more than 15,000 signatures, the newspaper reported. The petition... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Congressman Opposes Flood of US-purchased AK-47s for American Wars
Star-Gazette (New York)
9 February 2010
U.S. Rep. Eric Massa said Tuesday he has additional concerns about the use of taxpayer money to buy foreign-made weapons. During his weekly teleconference with media from Washington, D.C., Massa, D-Corning, said the United States over the past six years has become the largest purchaser of Russian and Chinese small-arms exports to equip Iraqi and Afghan forces. "To spend these amounts of monies on Kalashnikov rifles and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
National Rifle Assn 'Being Duped' in North Dakota Hunting Squabble
Daily News (North Dakota)
8 February 2010
There's a scam going on in North Dakota and the National Rifle Association's (NRA) Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is being duped. Either that or they don't bother to research issues before they take a stand. Or, they're joined at the hip with the high-fence hunting lobby. On Jan. 29, the NRA-ILA issued an alert warning North Dakota residents that an anti-hunting organization was gathering signatures for... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Lobby Groups Fight for the Limelight in Crucial High Court Case
Washington Post
8 February 2010
The National Rifle Association was on the outside looking in when the Supreme Court handed gun rights activists a landmark victory in 2008. After the court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to gun ownership and that the District's handgun ban was unconstitutional, it was an upstart band of libertarian lawyers that celebrated on the marble steps and received the glory for the breakthrough decision. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Starbucks Supports Gun Lobby, Allows Firearms In American Coffee Shops
Contra Costa Times (California)
5 February 2010
Starbucks has brushed aside a request from a gun control advocacy group to ban the display of guns in its retail locations, saying it will abide by laws that allow patrons to openly carry unloaded weapons. The national Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence made the request in the wake of a series of meetings in local restaurants over the past few months by Bay Area Open Carry, a group that hopes to make it legal to carry loaded... ( gunpolicy.org )
Argentina
Argentina Gun Buyback 'Wildly Successful,' 102,000 Firearms Destroyed
Inter Press Service News Agency
3 February 2010
BUENOS AIRES - As a disarmament campaign launched 17 months ago in Argentina nears its end, the government and civil society groups involved in the initiative announced that it has far exceeded even the most optimistic projections, despite the lack of publicity. The Interior Ministry reported that the programme, in which people voluntarily swap their firearms for cash, has so far collected over 102,000 guns and 721,000 munitions,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Domestic Violence, Family Gun Homicide Continues to Increase in Iowa
Des Moines Register (Iowa)
28 January 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - A new report released Thursday by the Iowa Department of Public Health shows that domestic violence cases are continuing to increase across Iowa. Officials said the number of people who are killed in domestic incidents is also rising. The IDPH's Domestic Abuse Death Review Team's report for 2007-2008 shows about 15 deaths per year between 2005 and 2009 from domestic violence, compared to about 12 per... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado University Faces Fight for Banning Hidden Handguns on Campus
Denver Post (Colorado)
27 January 2010
A gun-rights group says it will fight Colorado State University's proposal to ban concealed weapons on the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which is based in Fort Collins, claims the gun ban is a clear violation of Colorado law. On Monday, the group will announce its protest plans, which may include legal action. "We are certainly going to pursue every opportunity to not let CSU wag its little... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mozambique
Mozambique Churches Collected, Destroyed 700,000 Guns Since 1995
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
26 January 2010
MAPUTO -- Under its project "Transforming Guns into Hoes" (TAE), the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM), the umbrella body for the mainstream protestant churches in the country, has, since 1995, collected and destroyed 700,000 guns held illegally, according to the CCM general secretary, Marcos Macamo, interviewed in Tuesday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais". TAE involves offering people holding illegal weapons useful... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Brady Campaign Accuses Obama of 'Running Away from Gun Control'
The Hill (Washington DC)
19 January 2010
President Barack Obama on Monday received a failing grade from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for running away from gun control. The group, which endorsed Obama in 2008, gave him an "F" on every issue it scored, including background checks, gun trafficking, guns in public, the federal assault weapons ban, standing up to the gun lobby and leadership. "It's been a very disappointing year for us, especially considering... ( gunpolicy.org )
Côte d'Ivoire
CĂ´te d'Ivoire Begins 'Election Without Gun Violence' Campaign [Francais]
Le Patriote (Abidjan)
15 January 2010
[Translated summary: 'Elections without Gun Violence' was launched in Abidjan at the National Commission on small arms, by Michele Pepe, president of the Cote d'Ivoire Action Network on Small Arms (RASALAO), an IANSA affiliate.] Les élections, on le sait, sont généralement sources de passion et de tension en Afrique. La Côte d'Ivoire, qui se prépare, pour l'élection présidentielle, n'échappe pas à la règle. C'est... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Police Destroy Another 80,611 Guns in South African Firearm Amnesty
South African Press Association
15 January 2010
JOHANNESBURG - Gun control campaigners welcomed the destruction of 80 611 guns by the SA Police Service on Friday. The weapons thrown into the furnace included guns recovered through the ongoing nationwide firearm amnesty, as well as obsolete police weapons and guns previously recovered by police from crime scenes. IANSA (International Action Network on Small Arms) Africa said the destruction sent a positive signal to South... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Police, Soldiers Arrested for Carrying Guns in Philippine Election Gun Ban
Time (USA)
13 January 2010
An off-duty policeman with a .45 caliber pistol casually tucked into his trousers was the first person to be arrested in the Philippines' new six-month ban on carrying firearms in public -- a measure aimed at reducing political killings during the election season that has only just started but is already violent. The hapless cop was reportedly stopped at a police checkpoint in the capital region's Quezon City just 30 minutes into... ( gunpolicy.org )
Brazil
Brazil Announces Amnesty to Reduce 5million Unregistered Guns
Global Insight
11 January 2010
The Brazilian government has launched a new disarmament campaign, according to the interim justice minister Luis Paulo Barreto, Agencia Brasil reports. The Justice Ministry has also released data on a campaign to register firearms that ended on 31 December. The campaign saw 1.2 million arms registered last year and 14,544 arms handed over to the police in return for compensation. Anyone found with a weapon that has not been registered faces... ( 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
Tiahrt Defends Own Amendment, Attacks Bloomberg
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas), Opinion
10 January 2010
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg knows a lot, and what he knows has helped bring him success on many levels. But when it comes to federal firearm laws and the Second Amendment, Bloomberg is either uninformed or intentionally deceptive. In recent weeks, Bloomberg and his organization, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, have used victims of the Fort Hood massacre as political tools to seek repeal of a law known as the Tiahrt amendment.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Athletes Should Avoid Firearm Dispute-Resolution 2010
New York Times, Opinion
8 January 2010
In our search for comity and common ground this year, perhaps we can all agree that professional athletes should try to reduce the use of firearms to resolve personal disputes in 2010. You may have heard that the Washington Wizards are engulfed in a crisis over Gilbert Arenas, one of the team's star players. His fight with a teammate over a gambling debt led to a display of handguns in the Wizards locker room. Seldom have... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Members of Congress Rally to Retain Chicago Handgun Ban
Chicago Sun-Times
6 January 2010
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Chicago, had 54 members of congress join his friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday that urged the court to leave Chicago's handgun ban in place. Chicago residents represented who challenged the city's gun ban in court say they would like to have handguns to defend themselves in their homes. Gun-rights activists back them up. The U.S. Supreme Court's majority threw out Washington D.C.'s handgun ban... ( 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 Kingdom
Liverpool Police Christmas Card Warns Women Not to Hide Men's Guns
Telegraph (UK)
19 December 2009
Cards bearing the message 'Gun crime always ends in tears, make sure they're not yours', are being sent to the women by Merseyside Police and local councils to urge them to help stop the use of guns. The cards, showing a Christmas wreath on the front and a funeral wreath on the inside saying 'Make sure it is a Christmas to remember and not one to regret', are part of an anti-gun crime campaign targeting young people believed to... ( 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
Most NRA Members Want to Close Gun Show Loophole to Curb Trafficking
Los Angeles Times, Editorial
16 December 2009
Gun control is one of those culture-wars issues on which liberals and conservatives often don't even seem to be speaking the same language, let alone coming to consensus. Gun owners -- especially the hard-core enthusiasts who belong to the National Rifle Assn. -- are often thought to oppose any restriction on their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. Except that, according to a recent poll, they don't. The gun-control debate is replete... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Long Gun Registry is Much More Than a Symbol
Metro (Canada), Opinion
10 December 2009
This past weekend, groups across the country commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Montreal massacre. Families of the victims mourned their loss and recommitted to defending Canada's gun control law, which they called a monument to the memory of the victims. Twenty years ago, a man walked into l'Ecole Polytechnique, separated the men from the women and screaming -- you are all a bunch of feminists -- killed 14 young women and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
In 'Significant Shift' at UN, US Votes to Support Global Gun Trade Treaty
Arms Control Today (USA)
10 December 2009
The Obama administration's voting record this year at the First Committee of the UN General Assembly marked a departure from the Bush administration in several key ballots. In other votes, however, the new administration's vote was the same as its predecessor's. The First Committee is responsible for drafting resolutions on arms control and international security issues. One of the shifts was on a resolution on disarmament... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Oxfam Chief Calls for Global Gun Trade Treaty to Protect Human Rights
Reuters AlertNet, Opinion
10 December 2009
Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, is Honorary President of Oxfam International and heads the Ethical Globalisation Initiative. On the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, she calls for the creation of a new treaty to control the global trade in small arms. On this 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, threats of new... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Police Support Massacre Victims: Don't Kill Long-gun Registry
Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
9 December 2009
Two Quebec police unions, the head of a Canadian coalition for gun control and a woman whose sister died during the Ă©cole Polytechnique massacre of 1989 are calling on Canadians not to be taken in by the "myths" supporting the dismantlement of the national long-gun registry. "After 20 years ... it's really a lack of respect for the victims, for the families, for all the people who worked so hard to change the way that we fight... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Control Advocates Fight 'Misinformation' Over Canadian Registry
CBC News (Canada)
9 December 2009
Twenty years after the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, survivors, victims' families, police officers and others are fighting what they are calling a campaign of misinformation about the federal long-gun registry. The groups, which also included advocates working on suicide prevention, appealed to the public to support the existing registry in a news conference in Montreal Tuesday. A private member's bill that... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Both Sides of US Gun Debate Stifle Safety by Arguing Only the Extremes
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
8 December 2009
The "crazy" thing about the gun debate in America is how misguided and off-base both sides of the issue are. An example from one side is The Times' Dec. 1 editorial on the Washington state police officer shootings, "Crazy about guns"; from the other side, we have almost any fundraising appeal over the last year from the National Rifle Assn. Both sides offer little compromise on this issue, making the gun debate one of extremes. Our leaders... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canada Remembers Mass Shooting of 13 'Feminists' by Student with Rifle
Canadian Press
6 December 2009
MONTREAL -- Nobody took Marc Lepine seriously at first, when he walked into a classroom at the Ecole polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989, and interrupted an engineering student's presentation on heat transfer. He stood there, in his threadbare parka, holding a 223-calibre Sturm-Ruger rifle. People stared, confused. One student asked him if he was playing a prank. "Everybody thought it was just a bad joke until he fired his weapon,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Lobby Less of a Problem than Silence of the Canadian Majority
Toronto Star (Ontario), Opinion
6 December 2009
Twenty years ago today, an angry man walked into l'École Polytechnique in Montreal, separated the men from the women and screaming, "You are all a bunch of feminists!" killed 14 young female engineering students and injured 13 others. Many of us remember exactly where we were when we got the news. And exactly how we felt when we realized it could have been us or our daughters or our sisters. And we remember the outrage when we... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry Demise Dismays Canadian Parents, Victims, Police, Women
Toronto Star (Ontario), Editorial
6 December 2009
On this night 20 years ago, a small group of heartsick Toronto women gathered at city hall to hold the first vigil for the 14 young women slaughtered that day at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal by a gunman screaming about "feminists." Every year since, women have marked Dec. 6 with memorials, vigils, reflections and vows never to let it happen again. On the second anniversary, a vanguard of prominent men stood in solidarity... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Scrapping Canadian Gun Registry 'Slap in the Face' for Massacre Victims
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
6 December 2009
Twenty years ago, the aftermath of the Montreal Massacre reshaped public opinion on gun control. Now, the House vote that ended the long-gun registry reopens old wounds - and has survivors fighting mad. To the sisters and mothers and survivors marked by loss, it remains the single most tangible legacy of the bloodshed at the École Polytechnique. It's also the most tenuous. Twenty years after a gunman took the lives of 14 women... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Smart Gun Control Proposals Could Deny Weapons to US Terrorists
Washington Post, Editorial
6 December 2009
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition of roughly 500 U.S. mayors, has been pushing for smart and sensible law enforcement solutions to reduce the number of illegal guns obtained by criminals or would-be criminals. Last month the mayors renewed their call for adoption of two relatively modest but potentially powerful proposals. The first aims to close the so-called "terror gap" in existing gun laws by prohibiting any... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada,United States
Canadian Feminism Fuelled by Misogynist Montreal Mass Killer [Francais]
Le Devoir (Quebec)
5 December 2009
Elles s'appelaient Annie, Anne-Marie, Maud ou Maryse. Elles se nomment maintenant Elizabeth-Ann, Frédérique, Marie-Lise ou Marie. Les premières sont tombées sous les balles d'un homme qui n'aimait pas les femmes, au moment même où les secondes voyaient le jour. Vingt ans plus tard, c'est à leur tour de faire leur entrée à l'université. La tuerie de Polytechnique n'est généralement pas enseignée dans les écoles. Pas... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,United Nations
Fear, Fundraising Drive US Misinformation Attack on UN Gun Trade Treaty
FactCheck.org (USA), Fact sheet
5 December 2009
International Gun Ban Treaty? Q: Has Obama found a "legal way around the Second Amendment"? A: The administration's agreement to talk about writing a United Nations treaty to regulate arms exports and imports is a far cry from banning possession of firearms, which Obama says he doesn't want to do and the Supreme Court has said can't be done anyway. FULL QUESTION Is this correct? Obama Finds Legal Way... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Generation of Feminists Created by Woman-hating Montreal Mass Shooter
Toronto Star (Ontario), Column
5 December 2009
"We are not feminists." A young, incredulous Nathalie Provost said those words to Marc LĂ©pine 20 years ago Sunday. It was a bid to save her and her fellow students' lives -- the women LĂ©pine had isolated in a university classroom before opening fire on them with a semi-automatic hunting rifle. Provost was one of the lucky four who survived. "At the time, I thought to be a feminist meant you had to be militant," says Provost,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry a Potent Memorial of Montreal Shooting Massacre [Francais]
Le Devoir (Quebec)
5 December 2009
[Translated summary: Montreal school shooting massacre survivor and gun control campaigner Heidi Rathjen campaigns once again to retain the Canadian long gun registry.] OTTAWA -- Circonstance étrange pour un anniversaire spécial. Le malaise? Le 20e du drame de Polytechnique survient au moment où le principal héritage de l'événement -- le registre des armes à feu -- joue sa survie politique à Ottawa. Et cette épée de Damoclès,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Registry, Gun Laws Save Lives, 'Uphold Social Order' in Canada
Peterborough Examiner (Ontario), Letter
5 December 2009
Recently, MPs voted 164 to 137 to repeal the registry of long guns and shotguns. This despicable, shameless, politically driven action flies in the face of public health, safety, and crime prevention. The issue of gun registration must not and cannot be limited to its impact on criminals. There are compelling reasons and widespread consensus in favor of compulsory gun registration. Gun registration provides vital safety information... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Misogynist Montreal Mass Shooter Rejected 'Mad Killer' Epithet [Francais]
Le Devoir (Quebec)
5 December 2009
«Même si l'épitète [sic]Tireur Fou va m'être attribué [sic] dans les médias, je me considère comme un érudit rationnel.» Ainsi se décrivait Marc Lépine dans sa lettre d'adieu, qui annonçait le carnage dont il sera l'initiateur et que chaque année l'on commémore. Depuis vingt ans, tout a été écrit sur cette tuerie de jeunes femmes. Tout, et dirions-nous, pas assez. Surtout à cause de la récupération politique... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
MPs, Victims, Women's Groups Boycott Canadian Shooting Anniversary
Toronto Star (Ontario)
5 December 2009
OTTAWA -- The potential demise of Canada's long-gun registry cast a shadow Friday over any attempts by federal politicians to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 14 women at Montreal's l'École Polytechnique. In the Commons, Bloc Québécois MP Thierry St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber) said the survivors of the tragedy have been let down by the "hypocrisy" of a government that helped usher in recent private member's legislation to... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
A Chronology of Canadian Gun Control Laws and Long Gun Registry
CBC News (Canada)
4 December 2009
When Canada's auditor general tabled her December 2002 report, she set her sights on Ottawa's controversial gun-registry program. Sheila Fraser blasted the federal government for exceeding its estimated budget, saying that by the time the smoke cleared and all gun owners and their guns were registered, the program would have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Opposition critics were quick to point out that figure is 500 times... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Massacre Survivor Says Canadian Government Can't Kill Gun Registry
Canadian Press
4 December 2009
MONTREAL -- A survivor of the murderous rampage at the Ecole polytechnique says the government will have blood on its hands if the controversial federal gun registry dies and there is a spike in firearm-related killings. Heidi Rathjen, a former engineering student at the school, was among those who worked to reform Canada's gun laws and set up the registry in the wake of Marc Lepine's attack on the school on Dec. 6, 1989. "I... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Polytechnique Shooting Survivor Backs Gun Control
Canadian Press
4 December 2009
A survivor of the deadly 1989 rampage at the École polytechnique says the Canadian government will have blood on its hands if the controversial federal gun registry dies and there is a spike in firearm-related killings. 'What does it say about all future gun victims? If this goes through, and the registry is abolished and gun-related murders and crimes go back up, the Conservatives will have blood on their hands.' -- Heidi Rathjen,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tories Plan 'Huge Step Backward' to Dismantle Canadian Gun Registry
CTV News (Montreal)
4 December 2009
It was a cold early December night. The memories, all these years later, remain as sickening as ever. It's not something you can forget, nor should you. Their only crime was that they were bright young women with futures so promising. They were our daughters, our sisters, our friends. They will never grow old, have families, become engineers. December 6, 1989 changed all that. 20 years later we have come far. The legacy of the murders... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Congress Needs Courage to Tear Down Gun Lobby Interference
Washington Post, Opinion
27 November 2009
The news from Fort Hood shocked the nation: American soldiers shot on American soil. Thirteen dead and 38 injured. It was almost too terrible to believe. Almost. Unfortunately, the Fort Hood rampage was not the first time that our military personnel have been murdered in the United States this year. In June, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad shot and killed an Army private and wounded another soldier at a military recruiting station in... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico,United States
Washington State Gun Show Dealers Feed Weapons to Mexican Cartels
Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington)
17 November 2009
YAKIMA, Washington -- ATF agent Jessie Summers tried to deal with misconceptions before he talked about the illegal gun trade in Central Washington. "We're not here to take anybody's guns," he told a group of city and law enforcement officials from across the state gathered at the Yakima Convention Center. "The image of us being jackbooted thugs doesn't hold water." Not that Summers is worried so much about public image... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,United Nations
Rethink India's Decision to Abstain from UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Vote
Times of India, Editorial
13 November 2009
The past few weeks have seen a somewhat contradictory message emerging from New Delhi on the issue of arms trafficking. On the one hand, home secretary G K Pillai has stated Indian concerns about Maoists being supplied arms from China, albeit by private Chinese players rather than by Beijing. On the other, when the UN committee on disarmament and peace voted on a resolution last month calling for talks on a treaty to regulate the global... ( gunpolicy.org )
West Africa,Ghana
West African Journalists Commend 9 Countries for Tackling Gun Control
Ghana News Agency
12 November 2009
ACCRA -- The West Africa Network of Journalists for Security and Development (WANJSD) on Wednesday commended the "Group of Nine ECOWAS Countries," for ratifying the Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), their ammunition and other related materials. Mr Francis Ameyibor, WANJSD Deputy General Secretary, stated in an interview with Ghana News Agency in Accra that considering the proliferation of SALW constituted a major... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
British, French Foreign Ministers Write: 'Time for an Arms Trade Treaty'
Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Blog
11 November 2009
One of the great tragedies of our times is the uncontrolled spread of weapons, often from illegal markets, sometimes in violation of international embargoes. Up to a thousand people a day -- mostly women and children -- are killed by such arms, most of them in the world's poorest countries. These weapons fuel conflict, break down societies and prevent families climbing out of poverty. There is an urgent moral imperative to grip a global... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
US Consensus Redline Rules the Global Gun Trade Treaty. Or Does It?
Disarmament Insight (Geneva), Blog
11 November 2009
The recent adoption of a United Nations resolution to produce legally binding international standards for the transfer of conventional arms is a real boost to the cause of international peace and security. Overwhelming support in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly for the negotiation of these new rules has set the scene for a series of preparatory meetings leading to the convening in 2012 of the United Nations Conference on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bangladesh,South Asia
Guns Seized in Bangladesh 'Just Come Back' if Not Destroyed: Minister
New Nation (Dhaka) / BSS
9 November 2009
DHAKA -- Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday strongly suggested destroying all illegal arms for ensuring security and peace in the country. The Finance Minister said this while inaugurating a two-day regional seminar on small arms control in the city. He criticised candidly the practice of keeping all illegal arms and ammunition intact after capturing those from smugglers, illigaly arms traders and miscreants.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia,West Africa,United Nations
West Africa, 153 UN Member States Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily Observer (Banjul)
9 November 2009
Every year, millions around the world suffer as a result of the non-regulation of the global arms trade. This year, on 30th October, 2009 at the United Nations, after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments -- 153 in total -- agreed on a timetable to establish a"strong and robust Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the highest common standards to control international transfers of conventional arms, a press release... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty Takes Aim at Weapon Trafficking
Toronto Star (Ontario)
6 November 2009
In Kenya's lawless slums, you can rent a gun by the hour with no questions asked. In Somalia, teenagers boast of using assault rifles to terrify and rape women. In other parts of Africa, light weapons are supplied especially for child soldiers. For countries where gun violence is an epidemic, there is some good news. Major arms-dealing nations have joined a bid for a treaty that would rein in the $55 billion-a-year (U.S.) trade... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana,West Africa
Ghana to Ratify West African Regional Convention on Gun Control
Ghana News Agency
3 November 2009
ACCRA -- President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday said government would soon put before Parliament the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms for ratification. To this end, government has scheduled the Convention as one of the key issues on the agenda for discussion at the next Cabinet meeting. President Mills gave the assurance in a speech read for him by Mr Cletus Avorka, Minister of the Interior, at the inauguration of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Central Africa,East Africa,Kenya,Rwanda,Somalia,Sudan,Uganda,Burundi,Congo (DRC)
Small Arms Control Group Decries 'Huge' Proliferation of Guns in Africa
Xinhua
3 November 2009
NAIROBI -- The Regional Center on Small Arms (RECSA) has decried the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Great Lakes region, Horn of Africa and bordering states. RECSA Executive Secretary Francis Sang noted that the center was working in collaboration with the UN Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa to promote disarmament. To address this problem, he said, the governments should support the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Bill to Abolish Canada's Gun Registry 'Well On Its Way to Becoming Law'
CBC News (Canada)
2 November 2009
According to my own informal survey of rural opposition MPs, it looks like Candice Hoeppner's bill to abolish the long gun registry is well on its way to becoming law. The vote on second reading is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4. And because C-391 is a private member's bill, it'll be a free vote. That means MPs are freed from the usual requirement of voting along party lines. Despite holding almost all of northern... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Conservative Wedge Issue Attack Threatens to Kill Canadian Gun Registry
Toronto Star (Ontario)
2 November 2009
OTTAWA -- Gun-control advocates say they are horrified and fearful that Canada's long-gun firearms registry is on the verge this week of being scrapped because the Conservatives may have enough support from the opposition to kill it. Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Gun Control, says her organization has been monitoring the progress of a Conservative private member's bill to abolish the registry and is now bracing for... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Tories 'Ignore Majority to Appease Gun Lobby,' Scrap Canada's Registry
Ottawa Citizen (Ontario)
2 November 2009
MONTREAL -- With the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Polytechnique Massacre just weeks away, gun-control advocates and the victims' families are urging opposition members of Parliament to vote against a private member's bill that would abolish Canada's long-gun registry. If the bill is eventually passed by the House of Commons, it would eliminate the need to register the type of semi-automatic rifle that Marc Lepine used in 1989... ( gunpolicy.org )
India,United Nations,Russia,China
UN Gun Trade Treaty 'Likely Very Weak' as India, Russia, China Abstain
Times of India / TNN
2 November 2009
NEW DELHI -- Even as the crucial global arms trade and transfers (ATT) treaty, which seeks to regulate the $55 billion arms trade and promote democracy, found overwhelming support from 153 member countries at the UN on Friday, India was among the 19 who abstained from the meet. These 153 countries -- including top arms suppliers like US, Britain, Germany and France -- supported a UN disarmament committee resolution which will lead... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
60 Small-town Mayors Quit 'Mayors Against Illegal Guns,' But 110 Join Up
National Public Radio (USA), Transcript
1 November 2009
JACKI LYDEN, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, led by New York's Michael Bloomberg, is losing members after the National Rifle Association mounted a campaign against the group. The NRA and other gun proponents contend that the mayors' efforts represent a slippery slope. WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports. ARUN VENUGOPAL: Pennsylvania has about 100 members... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Praise for US, Jubilation, Caution as UN Agrees Global Gun Trade Treaty
Asian Tribune / Inter Press Service News Agency
1 November 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations, which is pursuing a proposal for "a world without nuclear weapons", will soon turn its attention to another new goal in the field of disarmament: creating a legally-binding treaty on conventional arms. The proposed new treaty, which is expected to be ready for a U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in 2012, will regulate the global trade in conventional arms, including fighter planes, combat... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany,United Nations,Russia,China
Germany Backs Global Arms Trade Treaty, China and Russia Abstain
Deutsche Welle
31 October 2009
Germany, along with other key United Nations members, has backed talks on a global treaty to regulate the global trade of weapons. Two major arms suppliers, Russia and China, refused to support the measure. The United Nations resolution calls for talks aimed at agreeing a treaty to police the world's $55-billion (37-billion-euro) arms trade. The UN General Assembly's first committee on disarmament and peace passed the resolution... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Key UN Committee, US Diplomats Back Global Gun Trade Treaty
Associated Press
31 October 2009
A key General Assembly committee voted Friday to allow the U.N. to start negotiations on a new treaty regulating the global arms trade to help prevent the illegal transfer of guns that kill and maim thousands every day. John Duncan, Britain's ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, hailed the 153-1 vote with 19 abstentions in the General Assembly's disarmament committee, saying the international community is now... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Gun Show Promoter Dismisses Hidden Camera Evidence as 'Stunt'
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
31 October 2009
Hidden-camera investigations in July haven't resulted in changes at this weekend's Westland Mall Gun Show, although a Dayton show has made adjustments. Private investigators posed as buyers at seven U.S. shows, including Westland's, to see whether vendors would sell a gun even if the buyer said he would fail a background check. The report said sellers in 19 of 30 purchases didn't follow the law. Annette Elliott, who promotes... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Clinton Backs UN Global Gun Trade Treaty, Abandons Bush Opposition
Bloomberg (USA)
30 October 2009
The Obama administration voted today to support United Nations-sponsored talks on a treaty to regulate the $55 billion-a-year trade in conventional weapons, reversing prior U.S. opposition to negotiations begun in 2006. The General Assembly, consisting of all 192 UN member governments, adopted a resolution setting out a timetable for talks during the next two years on the proposed Arms Trade Treaty, including a UN conference to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States,Russia
US On Board, Russia Abstains in UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks
Reuters
30 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The world's top weapons exporters agreed to back negotiations on a global treaty to regulate the world's $55 billion arms trade, but Russia refused to show support, diplomats said on Thursday. The deal came after negotiators from four of the top arms traders -- the United States, Britain, France and Germany overcame sharp disagreements on the wording of a U.N. General Assembly resolution that will guide negotiations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Obama, Clinton Stir 'Perfect Storm' at UN for Anti-US Gun Control Agenda
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Blog
26 October 2009
The folks at United Nations headquarters in New York City, and our "allies" at Number 10 Downing Street in London, must be rubbing their hands with glee. Gun control groups here and abroad likewise are at last quietly cheering. Why? After a decade and a half of pushing unsuccessfully to secure America's support for a legally-binding, international instrument to regulate the marketing, transfer and brokering in firearms, they are now on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Gun Trade Treaty Could Be Powerful Tool to Protect Children
Inter Press Service News Agency
25 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The impact of global weapons trafficking on children and their recruitment as fighters should be on the agenda of talks for an international Arms Trade Treaty, say United Nations experts and non-governmental organisations. Formal negotiations on the treaty have not gotten off the ground since the vast majority of U.N. member states approved a proposal to target illicit small arms trafficking three years ago. But... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Vast Majority of Virginians Want to Plug the US Gun-show Loophole
New York Times, Editorial
21 October 2009
Lost in the public polling fine print of the Virginia governor's race is a strikingly vital statistic: a vast majority of Virginians want to plug the gun-show loophole that for years has fed the "Iron Pipeline" of weapons flowing into states and cities with stricter gun controls. The issue of gun control has traditionally been a third rail in Virginia campaigning, and it still is. But a new poll for The Virginian-Pilot by Christopher... ( gunpolicy.org )
Costa Rica,United Nations,United States
Costa Rica's Arias Celebrates US Support for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily News (Costa Rica)
20 October 2009
President Oscar Arias is viewing the United States' interest in an Arms Trade Treaty as one more trophy to put on his wall. The disarmament advocate celebrated a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which announced the commitment of her country to the establishment of international standards for arms trading. Arias said the U.S. interest "is encouraging" because it represents "a radical" change from... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dealers Flout Law: Congress Should Close the Gun Show Loophole
Toledo Blade (Ohio)
19 October 2009
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people attend gun shows across the United States. Most buyers and sellers are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who enjoy hunting, shooting, or just collecting firearms. But some of the federally licensed dealers and private sellers at these firearms flea markets ignore established safeguards, putting difficult-to-trace guns in the hands of terrorists, gang members, drug sellers, street criminals, and schoolyard... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya,United Nations
Kenya Leads UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Against 'Merchants of Doom'
East African (Nairobi)
19 October 2009
Kenya is pressing within the United Nations for the start of talks on a binding global treaty to restrict the illegal transfer of small arms that take scores of lives in eastern and central Africa every day. The UN's disarmament committee will decide this month whether to endorse formal negotiations on such a treaty. Continuing in the leadership role it has played on this issue for several years, Kenya has joined Britain,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Guinea,West Africa
Guinea Gun Violence Prompts West Africa to Impose Arms Embargo
Reuters
17 October 2009
ABUJA, Nigeria -- West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS on Saturday imposed an arms embargo against Guinea, accusing the ruling military junta for "mass human rights violations" during anti-government protests last month. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also threatened full sanctions on Niger if President Mamadou Tandja does not take immediate steps to resolve the country's political crisis. International... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Has Yet to Explain Why It Wants to Help Killers, Criminals Get Guns
Los Angeles Times, Editorial
16 October 2009
For shock value, they may not rank with the videos released last month showing ACORN workers giving tax advice to a couple of undercover investigators posing as a prostitute and her pimp. But New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's covert recordings of what really goes on at gun shows are appalling nonetheless. In the midst of a reelection campaign in a Democratic-majority city, the Republican (sort of) Bloomberg has latched on to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,Africa,United States
US U-turn on Global Gun Trade Treaty 'Great News for Africa' - IANSA
Xinhua
16 October 2009
Africa campaigners against gun violence hail the U. S. decision to join the negotiations for a comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty. In a joint statement issued in Nairobi, Kenya, the campaigners also urged governments to control deadly trade in weapons. "The U. S. decision to support strong global controls on the arms trade is great news for Africa," said Joseph Dube, Africa coordinator for IANSA, the global movement against... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Clinton Backs Global Gun Trade Treaty Only If Any One Nation Can Veto It
Washington Post
15 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced late Wednesday that the United States is prepared to begin negotiations on a global treaty regulating trade in conventional weapons but said Washington would sign the accord only if all other states agreed. The move marks a shift in policy from the Bush administration, which staunchly opposed U.N. negotiations to regulate the $55 billion-a-year arms trade. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Well-connected Global Gun Banners Blamed for New Philippine Gun Bill
Business Mirror (Philippines)
15 October 2009
Voting 140-3, the House of Representatives, in plenary session, approved on third and final reading on Thursday a bill that imposes stricter gun policies that licensed gun holders and enthusiasts described as the alleged revival of a Marcos-era decree to address the worsening problem on loose firearms. House Bill 6776, authored by Lakas-Kampi-CMD Rep. Pedro Romualdo of Camiguin, seeks to restore the stiff penalties for the illegal... ( gunpolicy.org )
Senegal,West Africa
West African Groups Meet to Plan Curbs on Gun Running, Armed Violence
Afrique en ligne / PANA
15 October 2009
DAKAR, Senegal -- The director of ECOWAS Small Arms Control Programme (ECOSAP), Mohamed Lamine Coulibaly, has stressed the need to build the capacity of the national commissions in order to enhance the fight against the proliferation of light and small arms in the sub-region. Speaking here Wednesday at the third annual conference of national commissions on small arms, he said that the ECOSAP had entered a critical stage of growth... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Gun Show Makes 'Educational' Changes, Short of Closing Loophole
WHIO-TV News (Ohio)
14 October 2009
DAYTON, Ohio -- Some changes have been announced by the Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show that's been operating at Hara Arena for years. Bill Goodman said he has conducted over 2,500 shows and he is looking into allegations by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's undercover operation and welcomes any law enforcement officials to take a closer look at his operation. Just last week, the Mayor of New York said he uncovered illegal gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Seattle Bans Guns in Public Places, Playgrounds: Gun Lobby Will Sue
Seattle Times
14 October 2009
A ban on guns in certain Seattle park facilities went into effect Wednesday, according to the mayor's office. The move, implemented to protect children, and which has drawn criticism including questions about its legality, will eventually affect hundreds of playgrounds, community centers, sports fields, swimming pools and water-play areas. "When children and families visit a Seattle Parks and Recreation pool, playground,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Statement of US Support for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty by Hillary Clinton
US Department of State (Washington, DC), Media release
14 October 2009
Conventional arms transfers are a crucial national security concern for the United States, and we have always supported effective action to control the international transfer of arms. The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area by seizing the opportunity presented by the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations. As long as that Conference operates under the rule of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
US Reverses Stance on Global Gun Trade Treaty, But Pushes Veto for All
Reuters
14 October 2009
WASHINGTON -- The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that... ( gunpolicy.org )
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