United States
Do Idahoans Believe the Answer to Deranged Gun Violence is More Guns?
Boise Weekly (Idaho)
16 July 2008
A few months after Jason Hamilton killed his wife and then took two military rifles from his ample collection and opened fire on the Latah County Courthouse, killing a cop, a church caretaker and then himself, Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney floated the idea of a gun ban. It would have only applied to city property and it was not a direct reaction to the shooting, Chaney said. The city never actually passed anything, after the Idaho attorney... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Jersey Husband/Wife Shooting Brings Call for Handgun Sales Limit
Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
9 July 2008
Gun control advocates at a gathering in Montclair today used the recent fatal shooting of a mother at a local YMCA to urge lawmakers to pass legislation limiting the number of handguns sold to individuals. While law enforcement authorities have not said where Kenneth Duckett obtained a handgun they allege he used to kill his wife, Monica Paul, on June 26, the advocates argued that it had to have been obtained illegally. Duckett... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Recent Deadly Mass Shootings in the United States, 2007-2008
Reuters
26 June 2008
Thursday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that individual Americans have the right to own guns is likely to revive the debate over gun ownership and violent crime -- a debate that is periodically ignited by mass shootings in the country. Following is a chronology of some recent deadly mass shootings in the United States: April 16, 2007 -- Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia, became the site of the deadliest... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Family Wrangle, US Judge Tells Rapper 50 Cent to Hand Over Guns
BBC News
21 June 2008
Rapper 50 Cent has been told by a New York judge to surrender any guns he might have after an ex-girlfriend obtained a restraining order. The order bars the performer, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, from contacting Shaniqua Tompkins without the court's permission. Ms Tompkins is the mother of Mr Jackson's 10-year-old son. Mr Jackson's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, said he would contest the order. "To my knowledge,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Georgia Killers Should Not Have Had Guns to Shoot Their Partners
Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia), Column
18 June 2008
I received an informative e-mail from Alice Johnson regarding "Fights Turn Fatal." I wrote the column on June 12 about the shooting deaths of Ashley Bruce of LaGrange and Sarahonica Thrasher of Columbus. Police said Bruce was shot by her ex, and Thrasher by the father of her then-unborn child. Johnson was in Columbus Monday to appear on the panel for the 100 Black Men forum on HB 89 concerning concealed firearms. She is... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Most Gunshot Victims Shot by Lawful Gun Owners, Says Ugandan Group
New Vision (Kampala)
7 June 2008
KAMPALA -- The Uganda Action Network on small arms and light weapons has urged the Government to control the rampant misuse of firearms that has left many wounded and maimed. "Majority of the victims with gunshot wounds are inflicted by official guns," said Rev. Canon Joyce Nima, the organisation co-ordinator. Nima, who led the press, the clergy and a team from her organisation, on Thursday visited some victims admitted... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Felon Used Semi-auto Rifle to Shoot Ex-partner at Church Carnival
KCBS-TV News (Los Angeles)
20 May 2008
LOS ANGELES -- A North Hollywood man who allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend and two other people at a Granada Hills church carnival was charged on Tuesday with three counts of attempted murder. Fernando Diaz Jr., 33, is accused of using a semiautomatic .22-caliber rifle to fire into the carnival just before 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic Church. Witnesses told police that Diaz kissed his son, who... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Sleeping Children Killed, 9 Dead in Philippines Family Feud Mass Shooting
Australian (Sydney)
19 May 2008
Nine people, most of them sleeping children, were killed when a farming village was sprayed with automatic gunfire outside the Philippines capital of Manila, police said today. Police had earlier suspected a lone gunman was responsible for the shooting near Calamba town last night. But regional police chief Ricardo Padilla told Reuters several men were involved and that an old feud was believed to be the motive. "We... ( gunpolicy.org )
Qatar
In Row Over Disputed Pregnancy, Man Kills Two Friends with Machine Gun
Gulf Times (Qatar)
14 May 2008
A man stands accused of gunning down two colleagues he believed were framing him for getting a housemaid pregnant. According to legal papers, the Pakistani national flipped after his Filipina lover told him she was carrying his child. He refused to believe he was the father and became convinced that two men he worked with had hatched the plot to clear themselves "of paternity suspicion". The 36-year-old then confronted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey
Turkish Wife Shot, Paralysed by Husband, Focus of Anti-Violence Campaign
Los Angeles Times / AP
11 May 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Emine Yaman lies in bed, her legs rigid, her feet prone to sores and swelling. Paralyzed by a bullet that her husband fired into her chest, she is the face of domestic violence in a country struggling to discard long-held cultural practices that denigrate women. She wears diapers and reaches for a knotted sheet hanging from an overhead bar to shift her upper body. The weak bones in her 40-year-old hips, knees... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Lawyer, Licensed Gun Owner Shot Dead in Central London Police Seige
Independent (UK)
7 May 2008
A gun recovered from yesterday's siege in Chelsea was "lawfully held" by the gunman shot dead at the scene, a police watchdog said today. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was too early to say if the man who was shot dead after a five-hour stand-off with police had been killed by police bullets. Earlier it was revealed that the man was a practising barrister, named locally as Mark Saunders, 32. Mr... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Licensed Hidden Handgun Owner Kills Children, Their Mother, Self in Virginia
Free Lance-Star (Virginia)
6 May 2008
A man accused of killing his two small children, their mother and himself Monday night in southern Stafford was heavily armed, police said. Aaron Poseidon Jackson, 24, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was surrounded by guns and scads of ammunition when police found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday night in the Walt Lou Trailer Park off U.S. 1. Before ending his own life, police said, Jackson... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Machine Guns, 25 Firearms Found in Florida Man's Car After Death Threats
Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)
6 May 2008
Casper police found 25 firearms, including two AK-47 rifles, a mini-Uzi and an M-16, in a Florida man's car after arresting him on Sunday. William G. Pryzbylowicz, 66, was arrested on suspicion of possession of firearms by a felon. Casper Federal Bureau of Investigations Agent James Patrick called the Casper Police Department after an FBI agent in Missoula told Patrick that Pryzbylowicz was in Casper, according to a written... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Illinois Vows to Strip Parents of Gun Rights After Child's 3rd Firearm Offence
Chicago Tribune
30 April 2008
SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House passed legislation Wednesday that would allow the state to permanently revoke the gun rights of parents who repeatedly allow their troubled children to gain access to guns or ammunition. The bill, which heads to the Senate, was drafted in response to a Rockford area case in which a 14-year-old boy shot his 15-year-old friend in the chest with his parents' gun. State officials said the boy had gotten... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
South Carolina 18yr-old Arrested for Shooting Parents, Brother, Sister
Associated Press
28 April 2008
EASLEY, South Carolina -- A teenager who had recently moved back home after breaking up with his live-in girlfriend is accused of gunning down and killing four family members, stunning friends and neighbors. Nathaniel Dickson, 18, was arrested Saturday night at a home in Belton about 20 miles from where the bodies of his father, stepmother, stepsister and younger brother were found, authorities said. Those who knew Dickson... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Australian Soldier Shot Four Relatives Dead, Got 15yrs in Secure Hospital
Sydney Morning Herald / Reuters
10 April 2008
A former soldier who shot dead four members of his family before walking into a police station with a bag of weapons and a homemade bomb was detained on Wednesday for a minimum of 15 years, police said. David Bradley, 41, will serve his sentence in a secure hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Newcastle Crown Court. He shot his uncle, aunt and two cousins through the head... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Murder, Gun Robbery, Gun Rape Up 11-25% in Firearm-Friendly Florida
Associated Press
4 April 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- The rate of serious crimes in Florida edged up in 2007 after years of declines, with a particularly alarming increase in the number of crimes involving guns. The overall crime rate -- factoring in population growth -- was up 1.4 percent in 2007, over where it was in 2006, according to data released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. But for crimes in which guns were used, the numbers were... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Stalkers, Spouse Abusers, Bankrupts, Suicidal to Lose Their Guns in Japan
Asahi Shimbun (Japan) / IHT
4 April 2008
The National Police Agency plans to overhaul the gun control law for the first time in 28 years to keep firearms from stalkers, spouse abusers, bankrupt people and those with suicidal tendencies, sources said Thursday. The changes will also include a clause requiring a psychiatric check of applicants for gun permits "if necessary." The agency plans to submit a bill to revise the Firearms and Sword Control Law in the next... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Police Failed to Take Gun from Licensed Gun Owner Before Shooting
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
3 April 2008
Marc Kidby's concealed-carry permit was not suspended until he lay dying of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. His permit to carry a hidden handgun should have been suspended, and his guns surrendered, when his wife obtained a domestic-violence protection order on Feb. 11. However, the Athens County sheriff's office failed to suspend his permit, as required by state law, and might not even have asked Kidby to turn over his... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Maine Cops Upset: Seized Gun in Domestic, Offender Just Bought Another
Sun Journal (Maine)
28 March 2008
PARIS -- Local police are disturbed that a man involved in a police standoff Tuesday was able to purchase a handgun after another gun was seized from him earlier in the month after his arrest on a domestic violence charge. A woman who said she was victimized by Kyle Edwards Hunt, 27, of 23 East Oxford Road, also told the Sun Journal that Hunt purchased another handgun after his Derringer had been taken from him by police. Hunt... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Guns and Domestic Violence: US Supreme Court Takes New Firearm Case
Associated Press
24 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the case of a man who successfully challenged firearms possession charges that were linked to alleged domestic violence. The federal government had asked the justices to step into the case. In 1994, Randy Edward Hayes pleaded guilty in Marion County, W.Va., to the minor crime of battery following an incident in which his wife was the victim. In 2004, police summoned... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother, Paralysed by Gunfire, Publicly Begs Her Father to Store His Guns
Los Angeles Times
10 March 2008
Julie Alban still grimaces when she passes her old bedroom. "This is where I crawled down the hallway to call 911," she explains, pushing her wheelchair along the polished wooden floor. "I had to pull my whole body with my arms. My elbows were all bloody." What happened that morning 20 years ago altered the course of her life and set the stage for most of what would come. Though paralyzed from the waist down when... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Seizing Guns Daily from 'Armed and Prohibited' List, California Can't Keep Up
Contra Costa Times (California)
4 March 2008
PINOLE -- A heavy afternoon rain blurs the sky as three black SUVs pull up across from a one-story stucco house on Pinole Valley Road. The man inside just turned 60 and recently was placed under a psychiatric hold as a suicide risk, one of the five state agents says. Records show that he owns 15 guns, including two assault weapons. Under state law, he must give them up for five years. He has not. "This guy could have a... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Japanese Worry As More Licensed Guns Used in Murder, Family Violence
BBC News
27 February 2008
TOKYO -- Japan is not a country you associate with serious crime. It has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, but figures published recently suggest the number of shootings here rose by a quarter last year, the first rise in five years. Gangsters were blamed for two-thirds of the attacks but many Japanese are worried that, increasingly, licensed guns are being used for murder too. In 2006 just two people... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Wife Begs Namibian Court to Free Husband Who Shot Her, Children & Sister
Namibian (Windhoek)
27 February 2008
WINDHOEK -- Michael Endjala, the man arrested for shooting four members of his immediate family on October 20 2006, yesterday pleaded guilty to all four counts of attempted murder in the Windhoek Regional Court in Katutura. Endjala (30) is accused of shooting his wife, Priscilla Endjala, in the chest, his wife's sister, Dorothy Gatyehe, in the stomach, and their then eight-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter in the leg and stomach... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
14yr-old Boy Survives California Family Shooting Rampage: 5 Others Died
Associated Press
26 February 2008
YORBA LINDA, California -- Investigators said Tuesday they are awaiting the results of forensic tests and autopsies as they try to unravel an apparent murder-suicide that claimed the lives of five family members here. Police interviewed the lone survivor, wounded 14-year-old Ian Mercado, on Monday and then returned to the crime scene with a new search warrant, said Lt. Jack Conklin of the Brea Police Department, which serves Yorba... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Nice' California Man Shoots, Kills Wife, 3 Children, Self: Stepson Survives
Los Angeles Times
25 February 2008
A Yorba Linda man killed his wife and three of his children late Saturday night before turning the shotgun on himself in a small condominium across the street from the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, police said Sunday. A 14-year-old stepson of the man was also shot but was expected to survive. Police said they did not know the motive for the attacks. Before he underwent surgery, the stepson was not able to explain... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Judges Decide to Take Guns Away from Spousal Batterers
San Francisco Chronicle
23 February 2008
State judicial leaders approved plans Friday to get guns out of the hands of spousal batterers, a task that now is largely left up to the batterers themselves. Under proposals endorsed by the state Judicial Council, judges and police would enforce a provision contained in every domestic violence restraining order that prohibits the target of the order from possessing firearms or ammunition. Judges issue the restraining orders to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Georgia Youth Says Sorry for Playing With His AK-47, Killing His Mother
WSB-TV News (Georgia)
20 February 2008
HALL COUNTY, Georgia -- A Gainesville woman is dead after being shot by her son. Mary Bailey, 52, was sleeping nearby when her son discharged his AK-47 early Tuesday morning. Hall County Sheriff's authorities said the case is still under investigation but based on their preliminary investigation, they said it appears to be an accident. "To make a long story short, I shot my mother," Derrick Bailey told Channel 2's Rachel... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Four More US Shooting Sprees, Another 15 Shot Dead Since Thursday
CBS News (USA) / AP
8 February 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Four separate shooting sprees across the U.S. since Thursday have left 15 people dead, including three city officials, three police officers and two college students. In the latest incident on Friday, a young woman killed two female students in a college classroom at a Louisiana vocational college, then killed herself, police said. The students apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Japanese Police Visit 65,000 Gun Owners, Declare 90 Unfit to Own Firearms
Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
8 February 2008
Ninety gun owners were ordered to return their gun licenses and 145 firearms as of Jan. 31, after being judged unfit to possess them under police inspections conducted in the wake of a shooting rampage in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in December, it has been learned. The inspections were conducted nationwide by prefectural police headquarters on people who possess hunting guns -- shotguns and rifles -- and air guns. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mentally Ill California Gun Owner Kills 3 Family, SWAT Officer, Then Himself
Associated Press
8 February 2008
LOS ANGELES -- The gunman who fatally shot a SWAT officer and three members of his own family suffered from "significant mental health problems" and had a juvenile criminal record, authorities said Friday. Edwin Rivera, who was killed by a sniper as he attempted to flee the house hours later, first showed mental health problems when his mother died about a decade ago, Deputy Chief Gary Brennan said. Rivera was age 10 or... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US: 6 Multiple Shootings, 19 Deaths This Week, Politicians Scared to Talk
ABC News (USA)
8 February 2008
In the last week alone, there have been at least six incidents in which three or more people were gunned down in cold blood, leaving behind outrage, sadness and unanswered questions as to why the shooters went on their rampages. Prosecutors charged a Baltimore teen with fatally shooting his parents and two brothers. An unidentified gunman, who is still on the run, shot five women dead in a shopping mall in a Chicago suburb. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Australia
17yr-old Australian Girl Dies in India, Shot by Jilted Stalker Turned Rapist
Sydney Morning Herald
5 February 2008
Anandalila "Lila" Slater, the Australian teenager who was raped and shot by a stalker in India three days ago, has died surrounded by her family and friends in India. She died of heart failure resulting from her injuries about 2.15am (7.45am AEDT) in the Indian holy city of Vrindavan, where she had been brought after doctors said they could not remove the bullet that had lodged in her brain. "[The family] was hoping to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
High Risk of Keeping Guns at Home 'Too Lethal To Be Ignored' - US Studies
Baltimore Sun (Maryland), Editorial
5 February 2008
A great deal is not yet known about the horrific quadruple murders in Cockeysville that have led police to charge a 15-year-old honor student with murdering his parents and two younger brothers. But this much is clear: The presence of a gun in the house did not protect the Browning family; it put them at a greater risk of violence. Baltimore County police say Nicholas W. Browning used his father's handgun to kill his family on Friday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Maryland Boy Scout Held Without Bail After Parents, 2 Brothers Shot Dead
Washington Post / AP
4 February 2008
TOWSON, Maryland -- Nicholas Browning walked into the small cinderblock room, sat on a plastic chair and folded his hands in front of him, an ordinary suburban teenager -- except for the orange prison jumpsuit. When District Judge Barbara Jung asked, via a closed-circuit video link between the Baltimore County courthouse and the detention center, whether the 15-year-old Boy Scout understood the charges he was facing for the deaths... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
15yr-old Boy Shoots, Kills Parents, 2 Brothers in 'Normal' Maryland Home
Associated Press
3 February 2008
COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland -- A 15-year-old boy fatally shot his parents and two younger brothers as they slept, then spent more than 12 hours with friends before returning home and calling 911 to report that his father was dead, police said Sunday. Police went to their suburban Baltimore home and later charged Nicholas Waggoner Browning after he admitted to the slayings, Baltimore County Police spokesman Bill Toohey said. Browning... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Australia
Indian Stalker Shoots 17yr-old Australian Girl near Agra, Then Kills Himself
Sydney Morning Herald
3 February 2008
NEW DELHI -- The Indian gunman had been stalking Lila for years. Several days ago, her mother says, he sexually assaulted the 17-year-old Australian at gunpoint in the family home in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Vrindavan in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He returned in the early hours of Saturday and threatened family members with his pistol. Then he confronted Anandalila "Lila" Salter and shot her three times before shooting himself... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, Australia
Jilted Indian Man Uses Dad's Handgun to Shoot 17yr-old Australian Girl
Telegraph (Calcutta)
2 February 2008
LUCKNOW -- A jilted young man, still in love with an Australian devotee of Krishna, shot and critically injured her in the land of leela and then blew his head off after an early-morning showdown today. Police said Saurav Singh burst into 26-year-old Anna Leela Judy's Vrindavan flat, accused her of "playing" with his life and then fired at her from a revolver. "We have studied the cellphone records of both Leela and Saurav.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Philadelphia Mayor Picks Fight with State Capitol, Pushes City Gun Control
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)
25 January 2008
Mayor Nutter yesterday said he would enforce new city gun-control laws even without state authorization to do so -- setting up a possible legal and political showdown between the state and the new mayor. At the first regular meeting of the new City Council yesterday, Council members Darrell L. Clarke and Donna Reed Miller introduced the same package of gun-control measures that languished last year while the state legislature refused... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Cases of Family Violence Utah Police Rarely, If Ever Remove Guns
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
21 January 2008
Seven states take guns away from a person covered by a domestic violence protection order. In another 12, judges issuing the orders are explicitly allowed to ask police to seize a gun. Utah isn't among them. While federal law bars anyone under a protection order from having, possessing or buying a firearm, it does not set up a mechanism for states to confiscate weapons. Utah relies on an honor system that assumes... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boston Police Vow to Take Guns from Officers Accused of Family Violence
Boston Herald, Editorial
15 January 2008
"A police officer should not carry a gun after an allegation of domestic violence." With that astoundingly logical statement, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis last week made clear that a cop accused of smacking his wife or her husband around ought not be carrying a gun while the incident is investigated. Other than union leadership, we're hard-pressed to think of anyone who might disagree. Ah, but as if on cue, a lawyer... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
On Bail for Killing Wife, UK Police Inspector Shoots Her Mother, Then Himself
News of The World (UK)
13 January 2008
A police inspector accused of murdering his wife killed himself on Saturday after apparently shooting his mother-in-law dead. Metropolitan Police officer Weddell, 45, who was out on £200,000 bail, is understood to have committed suicide yesterday morning at the Broomhills Shooting Club in Markyate, Herts. The discovery of his body sparked a frantic police search and the body of a woman believed to be his mother-in-law... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
1000 Weapons, Machine Guns Taken from Licensed Australian Gun Dealer
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
31 December 2007
Police have seized almost 1000 firearms and other weapons in raids on a gun dealership and a rural property in Bathurst, New South Wales, as police investigate a gun dealer over an alleged domestic violence incident. The guns were seized on Friday as police executed a search warrant. It is believed police applied for the warrant because the 59-year-old firearm dealer was the subject of a domestic violence report on Thursday. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Debt, Anger, Guns Led to Mass Shooting of Family in Washington State
Washington Post / AP
29 December 2007
SEATTLE -- Judy Anderson was wrapping presents for her family on Christmas Eve when gunfire erupted in her living room and her own daughter began a bloodbath that left Anderson and five other members of her family dead, prosecutors said. Anderson ran into the room and saw her daughter's boyfriend shoot her husband of 38 years, Wayne, prosecutors alleged as they filed aggravated first-degree murder charges Friday. Judy Anderson... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Ontario Police Use Gun Registry to Gauge Risk in Seige of Gun Owner
Chatham Daily News (Ontario)
28 December 2007
Tactical officers ended a police standoff in dramatic fashion at a home near here Thursday over the noon-hour. A 49-year-old Wallaceburg man, who is known to police, and a 48-year-old woman were taken into police custody after members of the Chatham-Kent Police Service's Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) stormed into a residence on Base Line, near Snye Road, when the occupants refused to heed several demands to leave the home.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Woman, Boyfriend Admit to Gunning Down 4 Family Members, Parents
Associated Press
27 December 2007
SEATTLE, Washington -- A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to police affidavits filed in court Thursday. Michele Anderson, 29, and Joe McEnroe, 29, were ordered held without bail after a court appearance Thursday. The county prosecutor's office expects to have a decision regarding charges Friday. McEnroe... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Shooting Puts Gun Law, Ownership, Proliferation Under Scrutiny in Japan
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
20 December 2007
With nearly 340,000 guns legally circulating in Japan, Friday's shooting in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, has inevitably raised questions about gun control. The case also drove home to many that incidents involving firearms, such as those often reported in "gun societies" like the United States, can occur in Japan. Only a tiny fraction of applications to own a gun are rejected, and once a permit is given, it is rarely revoked.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Man Bought Pawnshop Gun, Killed Wife, Roommate, Children, Self
St Petersburg Times (Florida)
18 December 2007
Oliver Thomas Bernsdorff picked up the gun police think he used to kill five people the day before the shootings, police said Tuesday. On Dec. 7, Bernsdorff purchased a 9mm semiautomatic pistol from Clearwater Pawn and Loan at 709 Myrtle Ave. just north of downtown Clearwater and filled out the paperwork. Gun buyers in Florida must wait three days before the gun can leave the retailer. Buyers also must fill out a federal... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Iraq Veteran, SWAT Wannabe Practises Pistol Draw, Kills 23yr-old Wife
KOMO-TV News (Seattle)
18 December 2007
TUALATIN, Oregon -- A decorated Iraq war veteran accidentally shot and killed his wife while practicing drawing a pistol from a holster in the couple's Tualatin apartment Sunday night, police said. Kimberly Lynn Osbrink, 23, was rushed to Oregon Health and Science University, where she was pronounced dead. Tualatin police said it appears to be a horrible accident. According to police, 24-year-old Ryan Michael Osbrink... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Licensed British Gun Owner Killed Policeman, 'Should Not Have Had a Gun'
BBC News
13 December 2007
A man who shot dead a policeman in Shropshire before shooting himself should have been stripped of his firearms licence, an inquest heard. Rat-catcher Peter Medlicott, 33, killed Pc Richard Gray in Shrewsbury on 6 May. Mr Medlicott had been arrested for assault in April, but the information was not passed to West Mercia Police's firearms licensing unit. Had it been, then his licence and weapon should have been... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Enforcing Gun Violence-related Restraining Orders Not Easy in Florida
Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida)
9 December 2007
BRADENTON -- By law, Mark W. Koenigs was not supposed to have a gun. His Bradenton neighbor got a restraining order against him this summer compelling Koenigs to stay away and to surrender any firearms. Koenigs, authorities say, did not turn in a single gun after he was served court papers. The provision to relinquish firearms in domestic and repeat-violence civil cases carries little weight because it simply asks... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Mountie Disciplined for Returning Gun Used in Murder-suicide
CBC News (Canada)
7 December 2007
The RCMP says it has disciplined an officer who returned a shotgun to a southern Newfoundland man who later killed his wife and then himself. Shawn Skinner, 38, a Hermitage resident, shot his wife Goldie Loveless to death in August 2006, before killing himself. Skinner, who was convicted four years ago of assaulting Loveless, had been prohibited from being able to own a gun for two years. The RCMP told CBC News... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mountie Disciplined for Returning Gun to Man Who Then Shot Wife, Self
CBC News
7 December 2007
The RCMP says it has disciplined an officer who returned a shotgun to a southern Newfoundland man who later killed his wife and then himself. Shawn Skinner, 38, a Hermitage resident, shot his wife Goldie Loveless to death in August 2006, before killing himself. Skinner, who was convicted four years ago of assaulting Loveless, had been prohibited from being able to own a gun for two years. The RCMP told CBC News... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Owner of AK-47 Used in Omaha Mall Mass Shooting was in Thailand - Police
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)
7 December 2007
The owner of the AK-47 used in Wednesday's Von Maur killings was in Thailand during the shootings, Omaha police said. Robert Hawkins took the gun from the Bellevue home of his vacationing stepfather, Mark Dotson, police spokesman Bill Dropinski said. On Friday, a MySpace page belonging to Dotson showed him holding what appeared to be an AK-47. The page showed a man named "Mark" holding the rifle across his chest.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
7yr-old Girl Shields Mother in US Family Shooting, Takes 6 Bullets, Survives
Detroit News (Michigan)
5 December 2007
DETROIT -- A 7-year-old-girl is being hailed as an "angel from heaven" and a hero for jumping in front of an enraged gunman, who pumped six bullets into the child as she used her body as a shield to save her mother's life. Alexis Goggins, a first-grader at Campbell Elementary School, is in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Detroit recovering from gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Another Canadian Gun Owner Shoots Wife, Daughters, Self - List of Killings
Ottawa Citizen (Ontario)
22 November 2007
Ottawa police believe an OC Transpo supervisor shot and killed his wife and two adult daughters before turning the gun on himself in the family's southeast home. After receiving calls from concerned relatives, officers discovered the four bodies at 175 Grandpark Circle, near Conroy and Johnston roads, yesterday morning after forcing their way through the front door of the two-storey brick home. While police have yet to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Kansas Father Admits Shooting His Children 'To Terrorise Their Mother'
Associated Press
20 November 2007
KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- The father of two children whose remains were found in a shallow grave more than three years after they disappeared confessed publicly and was charged Tuesday in their shootings. Dan Porter, 44 already is serving a 38-year prison term for kidnapping his son, Sam, 7, and daughter, Lindsey, 8, to terrorize their mother. He was charged Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder. Speaking... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Michigan Man Chases Ex Girlfriend with Assault Rifle, Kills Colleague Instead
WDIV-TV News (Detroit)
20 November 2007
LINCOLN PARK, Michigan -- The Lincoln Park Police Department is investigating a double shooting at the Diz Coney Island on Dix Highway and Cicotte Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. Police said Kastroit Mydini, 32, walked in the restaurant and used a long assault gun to fatally shoot the cook and wound a waitress. Police said the cook, Shpetim Maliqoski, AKA Mike, 37, was shot as many as seven times. Health officials... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
American Surveys Reveal Startling Similarities in Murder-suicide with Guns
Cincinnati Post (Ohio) / AP
19 November 2007
COLUMBUS -- Ohio's first murder-suicide of 2006 happened in suburban Cleveland early in the year. Juan Lee Gutierrez, 24, shot his wife, Dawn Hoffman, also 24, in their kitchen Jan. 5, then went to the basement and shot himself. The last murder-suicide of 2006, the 24th over 12 months, happened Dec. 25 in Springfield, according to a first-ever compilation of such killings by the Associated Press. Police say Linda Coleman,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin Teen Shot Dead By His Grandfather While Hunting Deer
WTMJ-TV News (Milwaukee)
19 November 2007
WAUSHARA COUNTY, Wisconsin -- He went hunting with his family, but ended up making a deadly mistake. A hunter accidentally shot and killed his 18-year-old grandson. It happened in the town of Saxeville in Waushara County. TODAY'S TMJ4's Michael George talked with friends of the family. They say this was a horrible accident, but the DNR says this was an accident that could have been prevented. The small town of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Ohio Families Stay Close After Handgun Murder-Suicide of Daughter, Son
Associated Press
18 November 2007
WAPAKONETA, Ohio -- They grew up 20 minutes apart in northwest Ohio, Michelle from a town of 1,750, her dad a postal worker, her mom a shirt embroiderer. Andy lived just outside this city of 9,400 known for hometown hero Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. His dad sells farm supplies -- vaccines, pet food, pond chemicals. His mom is a secretary at a nursing home. Andy and Michelle, so close that he drove 436 miles round... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California: Five Family Members Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide Shooting
San Diego Union-Tribune (California)
12 November 2007
TEMECULA -- Authorities were continuing to investigate the horrific deaths of five people in a house in Temecula as an apparent multiple murder and suicide, a sheriff's sergeant said Monday. "We're not looking for an outstanding suspect," Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. "It still appears to be murder-suicide -- a total of five victims." Investigators were searching for evidence early Monday inside... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Drunk Driver, AK-47, 19 Guns Seized After Domestic Dispute in Ohio
Fremont News-Messenger (Ohio)
6 November 2007
FREMONT -- Several Fremont police cars blocked the parking lot entrance of Spieldenner's Carpet One, located on West State Street, during the arrest of a Fremont man. Norman Hollis, 49, of Fremont, was stopped by Fremont Police after they received a domestic-related call, according to police. Police found a pistol with ammunition and an AK-47 automatic rifle in the vehicle. Hollis was arrested for domestic violence... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
English Mother, Son Jailed After Daughter Shot With Boyfriend's Illegal Gun
Telegraph (UK)
1 November 2007
A judge attacked as "perverse" the way sections of modern society view guns as he jailed a mother and her teenage son over the fatal shooting of the woman's 12-year-old daughter. Kamilah Peniston was accidentally shot by her brother, Kasha, 17, who was "messing around" with a loaded revolver while the pair watched television and ate snacks with their eight-year-old twin sisters. A single bullet hit Kamilah in the forehead... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Mother, Son Jailed After Fatal Shooting of 12yr-old Daughter in Manchester
Guardian (UK)
31 October 2007
A teenager who accidentally shot his 12-year-old sister dead as he played with a loaded revolver was sent to a young offenders' institution for two years yesterday. His mother was given a three-year jail sentence for illegally keeping the weapon buried in their back garden. At a previous hearing at Manchester crown court Kasha Peniston, 17, admitted the manslaughter of his sister Kamilah at their home in Gorton, Manchester. She died... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
A Third of Homicide Guns Found in Canada Were Lawfully Registered
Canadian Press
17 October 2007
OTTAWA - The national homicide rate dropped 10 percent in 2006, while the number of killings committed with firearms fell for the first time in four years. With the minority Conservative government in Ottawa declaring crime -- and gun crime -- one of its top priorities in Tuesday's throne speech, Canada's police services reported 605 homicides in 2006, 58 fewer than the previous year. Statistics Canada reports the national... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Murder Rate Down 10%, Gun Homicide Rate Plunged 16% in 2006
Bloomberg (Ottawa)
17 October 2007
Canada's murder rate fell 10 percent in 2006 for the first decline in three years, as the number of homicides using guns dropped for the first time since 2002. Canadian police recorded 605 murders, or 1.85 for every 100,000 of the country's 31.6 million people, from 663 or a rate of 2.05 per 100,000 in 2005, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa. Homicide by youths rose to the highest since the agency began recording the data,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Gun Homicide Rate Down, But More Canadian Women Kill Their Husbands
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
17 October 2007
OTTAWA -- Only 75 of the 605 Canadians killed last year were victims of strangers. A new Statistics Canada report analyzing homicide data shows that spouses, partners, family members and close friends were responsible for the vast majority of killings in 2006, accounting for 293 deaths in that year alone. Gang activity accounted for 104 deaths. The report released Wednesday says Canada's homicide rate dropped 10... ( gunpolicy.org )
Italy
Man Shoots Estranged Wife, Relatives, Lawyer in Italian Court: Three Dead
CNN / AP
17 October 2007
ROME, Italy -- A man opened fire in a courtroom in northern Italy on Wednesday, seriously wounding his estranged wife and killing her brother before being shot to death by police, officials said. The man and his wife were attending a court hearing in Reggio Emilia as part of separation proceedings when he pulled out a gun and pointed it at his wife and her brother, then started shooting randomly, police said. "He was shooting... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boy Held in US School Shooting Plot: Mother Arrested for Giving Him Guns
New York Times
13 October 2007
PHILADELPHIA -- The mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of planning an armed attack on a suburban Philadelphia high school was arrested Friday on charges that she had given him three firearms. The deputy chief of the Plymouth Township Police Department, Joseph Lawrence, said the 46-year-old woman, Michele Cossey, had bought her son a 9-millimeter rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and a .22-caliber handgun. She was charged with providing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Armed 14yr-old US Schoolboy Charged With 'Solicitation to Commit Terror'
San Francisco Chronicle / AP
12 October 2007
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania -- A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope. The parents were indulging the boy's interests because he was unhappy,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Flurry of Kids, Gun-supplying Mom Charged in Wake of US School Shootings
CNN
12 October 2007
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- A woman bought guns and bomb-making material to indulge her socially outcast 14-year-old son, a prosecutor said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, faces charges in connection with her son's alleged plan for a Columbine-like attack on a school. She is accused of buying him a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle, a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle and black powder used to make grenades. "There's a lot of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Mom Gave 14yr-old Son Assault Rifle, Pistols: He Planned School Attack
New York Times / AP
12 October 2007
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania -- A 14-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday night after the police received a tip that he was plotting a shooting spree at a high school in this northern suburb of Philadelphia, the authorities said. The police said that the boy had been planning a "Columbine style" attack on students at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School and that in searching his home, they had found a 9-millimeter assault rifle, dozens... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Teacher Shot, Killed Herself Accidentally During Argument, Says Husband
Tempo (Manila)
9 October 2007
A schoolteacher died on Sunday afternoon when the homemade (paltik) gun she was holding allegedly fell to the ground and went off, the bullet hitting herself. This was the claim yesterday of her 30-year-old husband, businessman Darwin Cambay, who is being held for questioning at the Marikina police headquarters. The victim, Mylene Cambay, 31, succumbed to wounds caused by a bullet that pierced her chin inside her house... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Louisiana Man Shoots 5, Kills 2, Then Dies, All in Divorce Settlement Protest
China Post (Taiwan) / AP
8 October 2007
ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana -- A 63-year-old man who killed two people and wounded three others at a downtown law firm in Alexandria, Louisiana, was involved in a divorce settlement in which his ex-wife laid claim to half his property, court records show. John C. Ashley was killed in a 10-hour standoff with police that ended around 12:30 a.m. Friday. Police say the retired city maintenance worker's anger over the divorce settlement may... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US School Teacher Sues for 'Right' to Carry Hidden Handgun in Classroom
Associated Press
8 October 2007
MEDFORD, Oregon -- English teacher Shirley Katz insists she needs to take her pistol with her to school because she fears her ex-husband could show up and try to harm her. She's also worried about a Columbine-style attack. But Katz's district has barred teachers from bringing guns to school, so she is challenging the ban as unlawful, since Oregon is among states that allow people with a permit to carry concealed weapons into public... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin Mass Killing: Handy Assault Weapon Made it Easy, Quick for Cop
CNN / AP
8 October 2007
CRANDON, Wisconsin -- An off-duty sheriff's deputy used a police-style AR-15 rifle to kill six people at an early morning party in a small Wisconsin town, officials said Monday. Twenty-year-old Tyler Peterson had gone to the party early Sunday to make amends with his ex-girlfriend, a friend of Peterson's told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Peterson lost control after people called him a "worthless pig," Mike Kegley told... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin Policeman Kills 6 in Love Triangle Shooting Spree, Falls to Sniper
Sydney Morning Herald / AP
8 October 2007
An off-duty deputy sheriff has shot and killed six people in a small logging town in the United States. The man, identified as Tyler Peterson, was later shot dead by a police sniper. It is understood Peterson had been in the job for only one week. The shooting was the result of a love triangle involving the deputy, a young woman, and another police officer, said Ray Statezny jnr, township supervisor of the north-west... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wife Gets 20yrs for Shooting Kentucky Gun Collector: Auction Opportunity
Kentucky Post
6 October 2007
The Glock 9mm that Bob Bosley regularly carried with him is not among the 144 pricey guns being auctioned off this month from the slain Alexandria businessman's weapon collection. That garden-variety sidearm ended up being the one gun that cost Bosley the most when his wife, Amy, used it to kill him as he slept in May 2005. Bosley's collection of 47 handguns, 97 rifles and two bows -- estimated to be worth at least $50,000... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wyoming Fights US Law, Insists on Returning Guns to Domestic Abusers
San Diego Union-Tribune (California) / AP
5 October 2007
CHEYENNE, Wyoming -- National groups on both sides of the gun control debate are training their sights on Wyoming. The state has been waging a legal fight to uphold a 2004 state law that allows people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their right to own a firearm by having their record expunged. Although all states have the authority to restore gun rights, the federal government objected to the Wyoming... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Parents, 7yr-old Girl Shot Dead in California Home, No Suspect Sought
Associated Press
3 October 2007
San Luis Obispo, California -- A 7-year-old girl and her parents were found dead of gunshot wounds Wednesday in a home near the city limits, police said. Police went to the home about 7 a.m. after receiving a 911 call stating a person with a gun was in the area, police Capt. Dan Blanke said. Officers found dead Olivia Rivard and her parents, Barbara Rivard, 44, and 48-year-old John Michael Rivard. Two other children... ( gunpolicy.org )
Belize
Mothers, Victims Lead Second Demonstration Against Gun Violence in Belize
Amandala (Belize)
2 October 2007
A group of about three hundred Belizeans took to the streets of Belize City yesterday afternoon under the banner of the Mothers Organized for Peace, led by community activists Erwin X and Therese Felix. Therese is the mother of Tyrone "Shabba" Felix, whose life was lost to gun violence. Young children and even elderly people took the long, three-hour road march, which began at 3:00 at Battlefield Park downtown and ended at the Belize... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wisconsin Wife Tired of Gunsmith Husband's Weapons, So He Shot Her
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
26 September 2007
WAUKESHA -- A Town of Waukesha man was charged Wednesday with intentionally killing his wife with a blast from a shotgun while upset over what he believed was her lack of interest in his life. Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel said during a court appearance Wednesday that a "building bitterness" on the part of Carl J. McDaniel, an unemployed gunsmith, prompted him to point the shotgun at his wife's chest and eventually... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Ugandan Security Guard Kills His 2 Children, Self With Work Shotgun
New Vision (Kampala)
25 September 2007
KAMPALA -- It passes for a Hollywood horror movie in which a man picks a gun, shoots his two children and turns the gun on himself. But the morning incident in which a guard shot dead his two children before ending his own life yesterday was far from a movie. Robert Ojala, attached to Alert Guards, a private security firm based in kampala, grabbed his pump-action gun and shot his two children in Kakajjo II Zone Kisenyi, a city slum.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Police Chiefs Blast Gun Show Loophole, Urge Public Health Approach
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington)
19 September 2007
The International Association of Chiefs of Police issued a report Wednesday that calls for stronger gun laws and urges law enforcement agencies to better educate the public about gun violence and to form more partnerships with public health officials in preventing firearms-related deaths. The organization, which includes police executives from around the country, made 39 recommendations in the report, intended as a guide in countering... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Lesson Plan of Last Resort: US Teacher Sues to Carry a Glock in School
Seattle Times (Washington), Column
18 September 2007
A high-school teacher in Medford, Ore., is suing for the right to carry a Glock to school. Her ex-husband, she said, has threatened her life. She's already done what the experts advise: had him arrested for what's known down there as "menacing." Filed a restraining order. Told family, friends and anyone who would listen that she worries for her safety and that of her two kids. Then she took the required classes on handling... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Mum Heads to Jail for Owning Gun: Teen Used It to Kill Her Daughter
BBC News
8 September 2007
A mother of a schoolgirl shot dead in her own home has admitted possessing the gun that killed her daughter. Natasha Peniston, 33, confessed to keeping the pistol at the family home in Manchester where 12-year-old Kamilah Peniston was killed in April. Peniston pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court on Friday to possession of a firearm at her home on Wembley Road, Gorton. She was released on bail. A 17-year-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Canadian Dad in Mass Family Shooting Had Military Training, Violent Past
Toronto Star / CP
6 September 2007
OAK BAY, British Columbia -- A man who died in a mass homicide along with his young son, wife and two others had a past that included a string of violent criminal charges and weapons training with the Canadian Forces. Peter Hyun Joon Lee was a master-seaman for a dozen years with HMCS Malahat, a reserve unit in Victoria, said public affairs officer Sub-Lieut. Peggy Kulmala. Lee was a part-time member and had been working... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Woman Gave Husband a Gun, Later Left Him. He Used It to Kill Both
BBC News
22 August 2007
An inquest in Guernsey has ruled that a husband unlawfully killed his wife and then committed suicide. Michael John Falla, 44, died in the car park of Fort Hommet on 23 May. His wife, Sarah Louise Falla, 34, was found in a car nearby with serious injuries and died later. She had left her husband five days before her death. The Coroner was told the gun used in the shootings was the one Mrs Falla had given her husband... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Wyoming Fights for Right of Convicted Domestic Abusers to Carry Guns
Billings Gazette (Montana) / AP
18 August 2007
CHEYENNE -- The state of Wyoming says the federal agency that enforces gun laws was wrong to reject a state law that seeks to allow people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their firearms rights in the state courts. Wyoming this week filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver, challenging a ruling issued in May by U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne. Johnson ruled against... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Son's Last Memory of Policeman Father is Gun He Put to Own Head
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington)
7 August 2007
The last memory Mike Hartley has of his father is one he wishes he could forget: the moment his father -- a retired lieutenant and chronic alcoholic -- put a gun to his head and squeezed the trigger. From that point on, Mike's memory goes understandably black. After all, the suicide bullet -- which ripped through his father's head and accidentally into his own -- killed Mike, too. Clinically dead, Mike was brought back... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Kingdom
Five Orphaned as English Father Shoots Mother, Self in Pennsylvania
BBC News
1 August 2007
Five children have been orphaned after their mother was killed by their father, who then committed suicide, police have revealed. Shaun Cronin, 42, formerly of Ipswich, Suffolk, shot his wife, Lisa, 42, and then turned the gun on himself after an argument at their home in the US. A Foreign Office spokesman said the death of the couple, was being treated as a "murder-suicide". "We are providing what assistance we... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Control Campaigner Lives With Ohio 'Firearm Fanatics' for Reality TV
Boston Herald
31 July 2007
So what happens when a pro-gun control gal from Massachusetts is sent to hunker down with a family of firearms fanatics in Ohio for 30 Days? "I have no idea what to expect," said Brockton dance instructor Pia Lalli, who signed up for a stint on "30 Days," Morgan Spurlock's FX series. "My mother said, 'Oh, those poor people. After a month with you, they'll run screaming from their own house!' " Lalli, 39, told the Track... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Bereaved Chicago Cop Joins National Victims' Campaign for Gun Control
State Journal-Register (Illinois) / Gatehouse News Service
30 July 2007
Earlier this month, Ron Holt stood in the crowded basement of a Chicago church and -- in front of several television cameras -- spilled his grief. "I stand here symbolically ... for all the parents who lost children before me -- all the parents who have lost children to senseless gun violence," Holt said at a news conference with Mayor Richard Daley to encourage residents to turn in firearms for cash. "I get up every morning... ( gunpolicy.org )
Serbia
Serbian Villagers Killed with Hunting Rifle in Domestic Fight: 9 Dead, 2 Hurt
SEESAC (Belgrade) / VIP News Service
30 July 2007
A 38-year old male, apparently in a state of nervous breakdown, killed nine and wounded two people on Friday afternoon in an eastern Serbian village before police managed to arrest him. Nikola Radosavljevic, who came one week earlier from Austria where he lives with a wife and two underage children to his native village of Jabukovac nearby Negotin, first beat up his wife without reason and then took his hunting rifle and a larger... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Man Shoots, Kills His 1-year-old Son While Showing Gun to Friend
Associated Press
29 July 2007
CHINO, California -- A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed by his father, who was showing a gun to a relative when it went off, authorities said. The boy's father, Jose Silva, 26, of West Valley, Utah, was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, authorities said. The boy was in a car seat inside a sport utility vehicle early Saturday when he was shot, said city spokeswoman Michelle Van Der Linden. A bullet... ( gunpolicy.org )
Serbia
Man Charged with Killing 9, Automatic Rifle Used in Serbian Mass Shooting
Associated Press
29 July 2007
BELGRADE, Serbia -- The victims of a shooting rampage in an eastern Serbian village were buried Sunday, as authorities declared a day of mourning in the area. Hundreds of people, including government officials, attended the funeral in the village of Jabukovac, near the border with Bulgaria. The nine victims, aged 15-60, were killed late Friday when a gunman went on a shooting spree, firing an automatic rifle randomly at... ( gunpolicy.org )
Switzerland
Swiss Mull Gun Control to Curb High Rates of Gun Suicide, Family Shootings
Deutsche Welle
29 July 2007
Switzerland's the only country that requires its soldiers to keep guns at home. But concerns over high suicide rates and killings within families have caused some to ask whether having them there is simply too dangerous. All Swiss men must do military service -- they all learn to shoot -- and when they go home, they take their assault rifles and 50 rounds of ammunition with them. "For me it's just routine," said Philippe... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Prohibit Domestic Abusers from Owning Guns, Say Canadian Lawyers
Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick)
27 July 2007
FREDERICTON -- Anyone convicted in a domestic violence case should be banned from accessing guns, says a New Brunswick lawyer. David Lutz, who practises family and criminal law in Hampton, said it should be public policy for prosecutors to ask and be granted a ban on domestic abusers from owning or possessing firearms. "Anyone who is ever convicted of a domestic assault should not be allowed to have a gun ever again," Lutz... ( gunpolicy.org )
|
|
