United States
New York Gun Owner's Weapons Seized After 'Threatening' Congresswoman
New York Post
21 July 2008
An outspoken Long Island gun owner's home was raided by Nassau County detectives, who seized two dozen weapons he lawfully owns just one day after Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's office made a 911 call about him. Freeport resident Gabriel Razzano claims he was targeted in the spring raid for his "unpopular" political beliefs. He's now filed a $5 million federal lawsuit against the Nassau PD and McCarthy, charging they joined forces... ( gunpolicy.org )
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 )
Philippines
Stray Bullet Kills Housewife Working in Kitchen in Philippines
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12 July 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- A 58-year-old woman was killed by a stray bullet while working in the kitchen of her house in Quezon City. Haydie Padilla of Evangelista Street, Barangay (village) Payatas A, succumbed to a bullet wound in the back while undergoing treatment at East Avenue Medical Center. Police Officer 3 Randy Bantillo of the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) said Padilla... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Woman Shot Herself Trying to Kill Mice with .44 Magnum: No Charges
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (California)
12 July 2008
A Potter Valley woman who wounded herself while attempting to kill mice with a .44 Magnum revolver won't face criminal charges, authorities said Thursday. The Mendocino County District Attorney's Office had been considering whether to charge Debra Due, 43, with negligent discharge of a firearm. "There's insufficient criminal intent," Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Ravitch said Thursday. "Sometimes incredibly stupid... ( 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
Stray Bullet Kills 17-year-old Texan Woman in City Street
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
4 July 2008
A 17-year-old woman was killed by what police believe was a stray bullet Friday evening in southeast Oak Cliff. Police said a man opened fire about 5 p.m. during a disturbance outside an apartment in the 5700 block of Highland Hills Drive, and one shot struck C'andrea Donnelle inside the apartment. She died at a local hospital. Police did not release any more information about the incident. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother Behind a Movement: Abby Spangler Leads US Gun Control Push
Washington Post
3 July 2008
Old Town Alexandria's Abby Spangler didn't set out to start a national movement for tighter gun controls. But she took note when two students shot their classmates at Columbine High School in Colorado. She watched moms keep their kids inside when the D.C. snipers terrorized the Washington region. Then five Amish girls were shot in their Pennsylvania schoolhouse. Finally, on the morning of April 16, 2007, when Seung Hui Cho opened... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Violence Spurred Two Wisconsin Mothers to Lead Local Campaigns
Capital Times (Wisconsin)
2 July 2008
Wanda Lavendel Bincer and Jeri Bonavia got caught up in criminal justice issues by way of their respective daughters, though the circumstances were quite different. Bincer, who died last Thursday, co-founded the local chapter of Parents of Murdered Children in the mid-1980s after her 25-year-old daughter, Yvonne, was murdered in 1983 in Atlanta. Bonavia founded the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort in 1995... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Fired 'Several Hundred Feet Away' Killed Connecticut Woman
Hartford Courant (Connecticut) / AP
30 June 2008
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- New Haven officials say a woman has died after she was apparently hit by a stray bullet from nearby gunfire. Police say the fatal shooting Sunday apparently happened during an exchange of gunfire in the area of Winthrop and Derby Avenues. One of the shots hit the woman in the chest outside a home. A city hall spokeswoman says police believe the fatal bullet was fired from "several hundred feet... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Sharp Rise in Gun Homicide Among Young US Black Men - New Study
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)
26 June 2008
Gun-related murder among young men has risen sharply in the United States even as the overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men of the same age. The study appears in the Journal of Urban Health. "The... ( 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 )
Finland
Man Kills Two Adult Daughters, His Wife, Then Himself in Finland
Associated Press
15 June 2008
HELSINKI, Finland -- An 88-year-old man on Sunday killed his two disabled adult daughters and shot his bedridden wife before turning the gun on himself in northern Finland, police said. The man's wife, also in her 80s, later died at a hospital, police said. The mentally handicapped daughters, both in their 50s, died immediately from gunshot wounds at home in Ylitornio, about 500 miles north of the capital, Helsinki, police... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
More US Preschoolers Shot than Police Officers; US Leads in Gun Death
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Editorial
15 June 2008
Who dies in greater numbers from firearms, police in the line of duty or preschoolers? The answer -- contained in a searing new report by the Children's Defense Fund -- is surprising and disturbing. In 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, guns killed 69 preschoolers, compared with 53 law enforcement officers. That's just one of the alarming facts in the Washington-based child advocacy group's "Protect... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Gun Group Targets Young Australian Shooters, Uses 'Sexualised Photos'
ABC News, Wide Bay (Bundaberg), Transcript
11 June 2008
David Dowsett: Well, Roland Brown is Chair of the National Coalition for Gun Control, so what does he make of the magazine? Roland, good morning. Roland Brown: Good morning, David, how are you? David Dowsett: Good thanks, Roland, what are your thoughts on this magazine for junior shooters, is it a bit of a concern for you? Roland Brown: It's a concern for me for a couple of reasons. I want to talk about some of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Florida Cops Stop Woman Driver, Seize WWII Japanese Machine Gun
Gainesville Sun (Florida)
10 June 2008
WILLISTON -- A woman reportedly driving five miles an hour over the speed limit in Williston led police to a World War II-era Japanese machine gun. Agents from the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms confirmed Monday that the gun seized June 5 was a rare Nambu machine gun used by Japanese soldiers during World War II. According to Police Chief Dan Davis, the case began when Cpl. Kevin Sheppard pulled over a red... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In US Store, 4yr-old Shoots Herself with Grandma's Licensed Purse Gun
Associated Press
10 June 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- A 4-year-old girl shot herself in the chest Monday after snatching her grandmother's handgun from the woman's purse while riding in a shopping cart at a Sam's Club store, authorities said. A witness, Lueen Homewood, said store workers grabbed first-aid materials off store shelves to help the grandmother as she cradled the wounded child near the store's pharmacy, The (Columbia) State newspaper reported... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Report Shows New Increase in Child, Teen Gun Deaths in America
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
9 June 2008
Imagine a bullet fired from a semiautomatic pistol, moving through the night darkness faster than the speed of sound -- more than 1,200 feet per second or four football fields end to end. Now imagine that bullet slamming into the body of a child like a brick through a picture window. Hold that image in your mind as you consider some of the leads of recent news articles of child firearm victims: -Chicago, May 3 -Cortney... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Experts Fear Growing Gun Death Rate Among Black Male Teens
Associated Press
9 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- Both violent and property crimes declined in 2007 from the previous year, the FBI reported Monday. But one expert warned the figures could mask rising murder rates among young black men. In preliminary figures for crimes reported to police, the bureau said the number of violent crimes declined by 1.4 percent from 2006, reversing two years of rising violent crime numbers. Violent crime had climbed 1.9 percent in 2006... ( 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 )
Sierra Leone
Violence Prevention Groups in Sierra Leone Push Global Gun Trade Treaty
Concord Times (Freetown)
4 June 2008
FREETOWN -- National Chairman for Amnesty International Sierra Leone Tuesday disclosed that gun violence claims the lives of more than 350,000 people and injuring scores of others. Violet Kawa said the global trade that fuels the scourge of armed violence was yet to be internationally regularised. She said they would organise radio discussion programmes and quiz competitions in Bo and Kenema districts to observe the Global... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
7yr-old Florida Girl Finds Loaded Gun, Shoots Mom: 'You Know, It Went Off'
WPTV News (Florida)
31 May 2008
SUBURBAN BOCA RATON, Florida -- It was just last week when Sharda Brijmohan was napping in her bed. She said she never could have imagined that her first grade daughter would find a gun in a nightstand and shoot her. "She probably, I don't know, in her little mind thought it was not loaded and she took it out and you know, it went off," Brijmohan said. Two shots, one in her arm, another in her chest. Her voice... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Stray Bullet Kills 10yr-old Girl in Albany, New York Street: No Suspects
Albany Times-Union (New York)
30 May 2008
ALBANY -- A 10-year-old girl was shot to death about 8:20 p.m. Thursday -- apparently by a stray bullet -- as she played outside in a West Hill neighborhood, city police said. The girl, identified by police as Katina Thomas, was on her bicycle in front of a home in the 400 block of First Street with a young sibling. When the family came outside they found her bleeding on the ground, Police Chief James Tuffey said. She was... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Police Inspector Shot Her Lover, Self in 'Unpreventable' Murder
Canadian Press
28 May 2008
LONDON, Ontario -- There was no way to predict or prevent a tragic murder-suicide last June involving a London, Ont., police officer and her retired colleague, says a report released Wednesday by an arm's-length committee established by the London Police Service. Acting Insp. Kelly Johnson and retired police superintendent David Lucio had just ended an affair when on June 7, 2007, a "desperate" Johnson shot her former lover and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
5 Family Members Found Dead, Handguns Nearby in California Clifftop Home
Associated Press
27 May 2008
SAN CLEMENTE, California -- The decomposed bodies found last weekend in an oceanside home were identified Tuesday as an engineer who testified at trials about accident reconstruction and four of his relatives. Manas Ucar, 58, and his wife Margrit, 48, immigrated from Turkey years ago, and their twin 21-year-old daughters, Margo and Grace, had just completed bachelor degrees in biology. The fifth victim, the family's maternal... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Authorities Award 'Status Symbol' Gun Licences to Empower Women
India News Portal / Sify
27 May 2008
BHOPAL -- Earlier, they were known as a broomstick weilding women in their villages, but now they are recognised as a gun-toting women in dacoity-infested Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, where carrying a gun is considered a status symbol. "A total of 19 women -- nine belonging to 'Nirmal Grams' (clean villages) for their role in ensuring villages to be clean and hygiene under the 'Total Sanitation Campaign' and the rest members... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Oakland is Drowning in Guns: California Women Fed Up with Gun Violence
Oakland Tribune (California), Column
26 May 2008
Consider the 127 people who were murdered in Oakland last year and one similarity leaps out: All but 20 were shot to death. It's hardly any secret to any of us who live in the city that Oakland is drowning in guns. And for all of you Second Amendment watchdogs, I'm not talking about guns like my late grandmother's .38 special, which she kept loaded in a nightstand by the side of her bed, despite the crippling arthritis... ( gunpolicy.org )
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 )
United States
Pennsylvania Women Charged with Buying 50-60 Guns for Convicted Felon
Pocono Record (Pennsylvania)
17 May 2008
An investigation by federal agents and state police has resulted in charges that two Albrightsville residents illegally owned more than 60 guns between March 2007 and March 2008. Jacqueline Miceli (formerly known as Robert Miceli), 53, and Noreen Miceli, 50, were charged with making false statements to acquire firearms, conspiracy to make false statements to acquire firearms and aiding and abetting the possession of firearms by... ( 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 States
Millionaire Chicago 'Collector' Had 80 Firearms, Machine Guns, No Licence
Chicago Sun-Times
10 May 2008
Benjamin Stevens kept a .50-caliber machine gun -- along with more than 80 other firearms and 50,000 rounds of ammunition -- in his Lake Forest mansion because he collects historic weaponry, his attorney said Friday. The millionaire businessman, who was arrested a day earlier when police raided his north suburban home, had acquired all the firearms legally and kept most in his basement, defense attorney Douglas Zeit said as Stevens... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Moms Campaign to Close Gun Show Loophole, Reduce Child Shootings
Houston Chronicle (Texas), Opinion
10 May 2008
On this Mother's Day, millions of American moms are receiving flowers, gifts and the special attention of loved ones. But approximately eight moms will receive something else today -- the news that one of their children has been killed by a gun. Another 48 moms will learn that a child has been shot, but has survived. On an average day in America, 56 children and teens are the victims of gun violence -- and eight of those... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Bollywood Film Star Faces Inquiry Into Illegal Use of Her Father's Gun
Times of India
8 May 2008
NEW DELHI -- A Gurgaon court on Thursday ordered an inquiry into Soha Ali Khan illegal gun licence case. The court has ordered an inquiry against Haryana police for concealing facts. Soha Ali Khan's gun was allegedly used by her father -- former cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to kill a blackbuck in June 2005 in Haryana's Jhajjar district. Soha Ali Khan is accused of obtaining a gun license despite being under-age at... ( 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
Indiana 5yr-old Finds Parents' Pistol on Top of Wardrobe, Kills 4yr-old Sister
Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
4 May 2008
A 5-year-old boy who climbed to the top of a bookcase and found his father's pistol began playing with the weapon and fatally shot his sister today, police said. Officers were dispatched to the 6000 block of Massachusetts Avenue at 10:03 a.m. "They arrived a minute later to find 4-year-old Makayla Booher on the floor of an upstairs bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head," Indianapolis Metro Police spokesman Sgt. Matt... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Australia's Tightened Gun Laws Had Little Effect, Say Two Gun Lobbyists
Time.com / Online edition only, Web Page
1 May 2008
On the afternoon of April 28, 1996, Martin Bryant snapped. A striking figure with his long blond hair and milky skin, he had just eaten lunch at a café within the historic site of Port Arthur, a former prison in Australia's island state of Tasmania. Described later by his sentencing judge as a "pathetic social misfit," the 28-year-old then reached into his sports bag and, in the manner that others might pull out a sweater, withdrew two... ( 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
Paralysed by Stray Bullet, 7yr-old US Girl Accepts Gunman's Apology
Boston Herald
30 April 2008
Five years after a stray bullet severed her spine as she played on her front porch, 7-year-old Kai Leigh Harriott thanked her shooter today for apologizing from behind bars and urging youngsters to learn from his mistakes. "I would tell him thank you for making an apology because you can inspire so many people by telling them, 'Don't do bad things,' " Kai Leigh said after watching Anthony Warren's videotaped apology at a Dorchester... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
8 Gun Runners, Woman Straw Buyer Bought Guns in US, Sold to Mexico
Brownsville Herald (Texas)
28 April 2008
Two of the eight people arrested last week by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on charges of selling firearms to the Mexican cartel have been released on bond. Melissa Cannon, 23, and Celestino Alvarez, 36, who are each charged with one count of unlawfully selling firearms presumably to members of the Gulf Cartel, have each posted a $30,00 bond, according to court documents. Cannon and Alvarez, along with Miguel... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon
Fear, Male Identity Cause Price of Assault Weapons to Soar in Lebanon
Washington Post
24 April 2008
BEIRUT -- Abu Omar, a money changer and father of 11 who lives in Beirut, has bought at least 10 firearms since the beginning of last year. "Everything I can put my hands on and I can afford, I buy. I never sell," he said. "Now is a time for buying arms." Many Lebanese, increasingly worried about the country's political paralysis devolving into violence, are preparing themselves in the same way. One measure of their anxiety is the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq
To Curb Children's Aggressive Behaviour, Iraq Mulls Ban on Toy Gun Imports
Associated Press
22 April 2008
BAGHDAD -- A parliamentary committee is drafting a bill that would ban imports of toy guns and fireworks into Iraq, hoping to curb increasingly aggressive behavior among children who have grown up amid real war, a lawmaker said Tuesday. "The culture of violence has prevailed in our society and controlled the Iraqi family, and that has affected the culture of children," said Samira al-Moussawi, head of parliament's committee on children... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Drive-by Gang Shooting Injures 23mth-old Girl in Canadian Tribal Settlement
CBC News (Canada)
14 April 2008
Local gangs are to blame for a drive-by shooting Sunday that left a 23-month-old girl in critical condition, the chief of the Samson First Nation said Monday. Marvin Yellowbird said gang violence has reached a crisis level in the Hobbema area, about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton, which is home to a number of First Nation groups. Yellowbird has called a special meeting of the tribal administration to discuss how to deal... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
'Strict Gun Laws, Fewer People Shot,' Says Toronto Mayor. Is It That Clear?
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
12 April 2008
The way Judith Ross describes her favourite hobby, you'd swear she was talking about hatha yoga or a Buddhist pursuit. "It's almost like a meditation," she says, "an experience of focus and concentration. You have to be relaxed and calm." Dr. Ross, a 69-year-old retired psychologist who worked for 30 years at the University of Toronto, is a sport shooter, regularly heading off to her gun club to pursue her passion. When she started... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Judge Tells Violent Sexual Offender 'No Legal Right to Bear Arms' in Canada
Fredericton Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick)
11 April 2008
A judge has upheld a chief firearms officer's decision to revoke a gun licence from a Woodstock-area sex offender with a history of violence. Richard Herbert Foster, 62, fought the licence revocation in Woodstock provincial court, but Judge Andrew LeMesurier agreed with the province's chief firearms officer. In a written decision April 3, the judge noted that Foster had a history of violence and that he lied about his criminal... ( gunpolicy.org )
China
Debt, Domestic Stress Could See Chinese Police Stripped of Handguns
Reuters
10 April 2008
BEIJING -- Police facing emotional strains due to financial or romantic problems could be stripped of their department-issued handguns in China's Jiangxi province, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The public security bureau in the province will begin inspections this month to make sure officers who have received administrative punishments, or are under investigation, will not be able to carry firearms, the Southern Metropolis Daily... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hit by Stray Bullet While Sleeping at Home, 21yr-old California Woman Dies
Bay Area News Group
10 April 2008
OAKLAND -- Shock and sadness hovered over the family of Shaneice Davis, a 21-year-old woman who was struck by a bullet while she slept in her bed Monday night when she was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon. "I'm just so sad. It hurts so much," said her father, John Davis, who described his daughter as a sensitive, sweet child who never bothered anyone -- which makes her death seem even more random and unfair. Davis, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Sleeping California Woman Takes Bullet to the Head in Memorial Shooting
San Francisco Chronicle
9 April 2008
OAKLAND -- An Oakland woman was clinging to life Tuesday after a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting tore through her bedroom wall and pierced her head while she slept. Shanice Davis, 22, is in grave condition at a local hospital after the midnight shooting, which happened during a street memorial for an Oakland murder victim killed three years ago, police and neighbors said. Three men at the memorial were also struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
3 Year-old Detroit Girl Shoots Herself in the Head with Parents' Handgun
Detroit Free Press (Michigan)
6 April 2008
A 3-year-old girl, who found a gun in a bedroom in her home on Detroit's west side, shot herself in the head this afternoon. Detroit Police said the shooting took place at the girl's home in the 12800 block of Lahser around 2:30 p.m. The girl found the handgun, reportedly owned by one of her parents, and shot herself in the right side of the head. At least one of her parents was home at the time of the shooting. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Teacher Arrested After Students Find Handgun in Her Class
Los Angeles Times
4 April 2008
A Santa Ana elementary school teacher was arrested after students found a handgun and ammunition in the drawer of a supply cabinet of her classroom, officials said Thursday. Jayne DeArmond, 51, a third-grade teacher at Diamond Elementary School, was arrested on charges of felony possession of a firearm on a campus and misdemeanor child endangerment after students discovered the unloaded handgun and ammunition about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday,... ( 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 )
United States
Ohio Man Took Assault Rifle to Work, Fired Out Window, Shot 14yr-old Girl
Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio)
4 April 2008
A Morrow man who accidentally shot a 14 year-old girl Thursday will answer to a Hamilton County judge at 9 a.m. this morning. Cameron Barrett, 23, is held at the Hamilton County jail this morning on charges of assault, records show. He took an AR-15 assault rifle to work and fired one round into the street, Sharonville police said. The bullet hit a black Dodge Durango through the passenger side door while the vehicle was... ( 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
Baltimore Woman Illegally Bought Gun for Boyfriend, Faces Up to 10yrs Jail
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)
3 April 2008
A 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to buying a handgun for her boyfriend -- an illegal transaction known as a "straw purchase," the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said. Christine Brzezenski, who lives with her boyfriend in an apartment in the 6500 block of Brown Ave. in Southeast Baltimore, faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced May 22. According to plea agreement filed in U.S.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
Japan: Police Could Seize Hunting Rifles for Family Violence, Stalking, Debt
Mainichi Daily News
3 April 2008
The National Police Agency (NPA) is seeking a legal ban on those involved in stalking incidents or domestic violence from possessing hunting guns, agency officials said. The NPA is expected to submit a bill during the next Diet session to revise the Firearms and Swords Control Law to include involvement in stalking incidents and domestic violence as grounds for disqualification for possessing hunting guns. Under the current... ( 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 )
Liberia
Liberians Aim to Eliminate Guns, Sexual Exploitation, Gender Violence
News (Monrovia)
2 April 2008
MONROVIA -- A social mobilization campaign intended to create conscientiousness amongst the Liberian people for the elimination of small arms and discourage sexual exploitation and violence against women has started in Monrovia The campaign spearheaded by the Crusaders for Peace involves secular, gospel musical artists and traditional dancers would be climaxed on April 15 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS). Culture... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Get a Vasectomy, Receive a Gun for Masculinity: Population Control in India
ThaiIndian News (Bangkok) / IANS
1 April 2008
BHOPAL -- Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district has embarked upon a novel idea to promote male sterilisation -- the administration has decided to grant gun licences to those who come to family planning camps and offer to undergo vasectomy, a senior official said Tuesday. These camps are being held more and more frequently now. The last two-day camp in the district started March 27. It saw 37 people came forward for vasectomy; 23 of them have... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
India Among Most Heavily Armed Nations, Suffers 'Epidemic of Gun Violence'
Open Democracy (UK), Web Page
1 April 2008
I dedicate this article to the more than 5000 women who have lost their lives or been wounded by gun violence in my home-state of Manipur in Northeast India. As the world knows, India is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, the land where non-violence was born. Last year the United Nations declared that his birthday, 2 October, would become International Day of Non-Violence. The India that existed at the time of independence championed... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
To Reduce Population Growth, India Encourages Men to Get a Gun
NDTV News (New Delhi)
1 April 2008
SHIVPURI -- What's the best way to get men to get vasectomies? Apparently it's to offer them gun licenses. That's a ploy which seems to be working in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district. Family planning is being promoted with guns in Shivpuri. But it's not what you think, men are being lured with gun licenses to undergo vasectomies, and it's already showing results. Men are going for a vasectomy surgery but family planning... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother of 3 Killed by Stray Bullet as Locals Mourn Death of New York Rapper
Post Chronicle (New York) / UPI
31 March 2008
A stray bullet fired by a mourner killed a mother of three as she walked by a memorial for a popular local rapper in New York. Police say Nancy Williams, 27, of Brooklyn, was struck once in the chest as she passed an area Sunday night where fans of hip-hop performer Leval Lyde had gathered to mourn his death, The New York Post reported. They were all out back having an Irish wake and someone decides to fire an automatic... ( 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
Installing Cable, US Man Uses Pistol to Drill Hole in Wall, Fatally Shoots Wife
Kansas City Star (Missouri) / AP
25 March 2008
SEDALIA, Missouri -- Officials are trying to determine whether to file charges against a man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite television system in their home. Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deepwater, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Off-duty San Diego Cop Shoots 8yr-old Boy, Mom in Parking Lot Road Rage
Mercury News (California) / AP
25 March 2008
OCEANSIDE, California -- An 8-year-old boy who was with his mother when both were shot by an off-duty San Diego police officer in a parking lot confrontation was hit once in the leg, police said Tuesday. The boy's mother, Rachel Silva, was hit twice in the arm, said Oceanside police Lt. Fred Armijo. Both were hospitalized after the shooting but have now been released. The officer, Frank White, fired five shots during the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Texas Woman Pulls Gun on Deliverymen for Not Taking Off Shoes
Beaumont Enterprise (Texas)
25 March 2008
Two furniture deliverymen fled a home after a customer produced a gun because they wouldn't take their shoes off, according to police reports. Two employees of Howell's Furniture Gallery were making a delivery to a house in the 5300 of Downs Road last Friday afternoon, the report stated. The homeowner, who was not identified, asked the deliverymen to take off their shoes. They replied removing their shoes was against... ( 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
Stray Bullet Fired from Street Kills 70yr-old Woman in Her Chicago Home
Chicago Tribune
24 March 2008
A 70-year-old woman was killed Monday morning by a bullet that came through a window of her Far South Side house, Chicago police said. The circumstances of the shooting were under investigation, but police initially said it appeared that a stray bullet fired from outside struck Maggie Browder inside her home in the 12200 block of South Morgan Street around 6:20 a.m. But police don't know whether it was a stray bullet, whether... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Sterilised Indian Men Rewarded with 'Symbol of Manliness - a Gun Licence'
Agence France Presse
18 March 2008
NEW DELHI -- A bandit-infested region of India is trying to persuade men to undergo sterilisation by offering to fast-track their gun licence applications, an official said on Tuesday. Officials in central Madhya Pradesh state's Shivpuri district decided to adopt the policy -- already tried out by some neighbouring states -- to increase the low vascectomy rate. "I came to know that it had to do with their perceived notion... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Gun Control Case is Personal for 2 Women
CNN
17 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Shelly Parker wants to know why she cannot keep a handgun in her house. As a single woman she has been threatened by neighborhood drug dealers in a city where violent crime rates are on the rise. "In the event that someone does get in my home, I would have no defense, except maybe throw my paper towels at them," she said. But Parker lives in the nation's capital, which does not allow its residents to possess handguns.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean
Handguns the 'Number One Driver of Crime' in Trinidad, the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago Express
13 March 2008
The Government was officially absent from a forum in Port of Spain last week, organised by the international campaign against the proliferation of handguns, singled out as unmistakably the number one driver of crime in this country. And by extension, the Caribbean region and other parts of the world. Most of the nearly 400 murders committed in this country last year, and the 2,000 which have taken place over the last six years,... ( 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
In Argument Over Bad Haircut, Pennsylvania Stylist Shoots Her Angry Client
Associated Press
9 March 2008
WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania -- A hairstylist shot an unhappy client after she complained about her haircut, police said. Lauren Newton, 28, was getting her hair cut Thursday at the home of Monique Reed when the two began to argue about the style, police said. "She (Reed) went to the bedroom, got a gun, fired a shot in the ceiling," Police Chief James Blyth said. Newton, who was trying to flee with her sister, was then shot... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Gun Case - Extracts from Various Friends-of-court Briefs
US News & World Report
7 March 2008
Dozens of organizations have weighed in on both sides of District of Columbia. V. Heller, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that will consider whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms. Not surprisingly, the case has drawn a great number and variety of voices. The amicus, or friend-of-court, briefs have exposed some odd bedfellows, along with internal divisions among government branches. Some former... ( gunpolicy.org )
Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean, Brazil, Argentina
Women's Groups Demand to Know Where Caribbean Gangs Get Their Guns
Stabroek News (Guyana)
5 March 2008
A two-day meeting for parliamentarians and NGOs to review the impact and "responses to small arms diffusion and violence in the Caribbean" is set for Trinidad today and a women's group is asking where the gangs are getting guns and ammo for killings like those at Lusignan and Bartica . According to a press release the Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) said the meeting hopes to explore a Caricom instrument to... ( 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 )
United States
White Male Suburban Gun Owners Flock to Oakland to Sell Guns at Buyback
Contra Costa Times (California), Opinion
1 March 2008
Contrary to your criticism of state Sen. Don Perata's, "One Less Gun," gun buy-back program as bungling, I want to thank Perata for enlightening, albeit indirectly, many Oakland residents as to the source of crime guns in Oakland, Richmond and all of the U.S. I was at all three sites for the buy-back in the morning and spent the rest of the day at True Vine Church in West Oakland. There was universal bewilderment at all... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Woman Dies After Being Struck by Stray Bullet in Street
KTVU-TV News (California)
28 February 2008
SAN PABLO -- The Contra Costa coroner's office Thursday identified Lisa Thayer, 47, as the woman who was fatally shot in San Pablo. At about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to the area of San Pablo Avenue and Road 20 where they located Thayer suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. The San Pablo resident was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead, according to the coroner's office.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hiding Identity of US Pistol-packers Worsens Problem of Hidden Handguns
West Virginia Gazette, Editorial
28 February 2008
Another attempt to hide important government records from West Virginians is proceeding through the Legislature -- in this case, adding concealment to concealment. It would make secret the names of people who get permits to carry concealed weapons. Delegate Bill Hamilton, R-Upshur, said some women victims of domestic violence asked him to introduce the bill, because they don't want anyone to know they're carrying hidden pistols.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Pressure Groups, Gays, Jews, Women Try to Sway Justices on Guns
Detroit Free Press (Michigan) / McClatchy Newspapers
28 February 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gay gun owners who call themselves Pink Pistols say they'll be safer if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Washington's strict handgun ban. Jewish gun owners, women and disabled veterans, among others, also say they're vulnerable and need the protection they contend only firearms can provide. More than 65 groups have filed friend of the court briefs in the gun case, surpassing the attention paid to such hot-button... ( 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 )
Australia
Australian Firearm Buffs, Animal Liberationists Trade Insults at Big Gun Show
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
14 February 2008
There are two kinds of triggers -- the sort that make guns go bang and the emotional kind that ignite volatile and angry reactions. In Wodonga, where 10,000 gun buffs and a noisy handful of their critics turned out last weekend for what was billed as the southern hemisphere's largest hunting expo, both kinds of triggers were pulled over and over again. When the Sport and Leisure Centre was empty, the exhibitors were gone... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gays, Women, Jews, Vets Ask US Supreme Court to Lift DC Handgun Ban
Miami Herald (Florida) / McClatchy News Service
13 February 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gay gun owners who call themselves Pink Pistols say they will be safer if the Supreme Court strikes down Washington's strict handgun ban. They aren't alone. Jewish gun owners, women and disabled veterans, among others, also contend that they're vulnerable and need the protection that only firearms can provide. More than 65 groups have filed friend of the court briefs in the gun case, surpassing the attention... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
13-year-old Girl Killed by Stray Bullet During Shootout in Johannesburg
Times (UK) / SAPA
12 February 2008
A teenage schoolgirl has been killed by a stray bullet fired during a shoot-out between robbers and security guards at a house in Fairlands, Johannesburg, this morning, police said. The three robbers had since been arrested, said Captain Siphiwe Ndlovu. He said the child's mother arrived at the house to pick up a schoolmate at 6.30am. "When she blew the hooter, instead of the child coming out, a suspect came out.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
AK-47s 'OK for the Back Yard,' Says Shooter Wife of US Presidential Hopeful
Frederick News-Post (Maryland)
12 February 2008
HAGERSTOWN -- Janet Huckabee took aim at her husband's Republican presidential opponent on Monday at the North American Rod and Gun Club. "We want people to know there's a true conservative choice out there in Mike Huckabee," Janet Huckabee told about 25 listeners. After she spoke, she took aim at a different target, firing at clay pigeons with a 12-gauge shotgun. Huckabee joined three club members in a skeet shoot out... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Woman Hurt in Utah Mall Shooting Sues Gun Dealer Who Sold Killer His Gun
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
12 February 2008
Carolyn Tuft, an injured survivor of gunman Sulejman Talovic's rampage at Trolley Square mall a year ago today, has filed a lawsuit against the gun shop where Talovic was illegally sold the shotgun he used to shoot her and kill her daughter. The 3rd District Court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for Tuft's injuries and the death of her daughter, 15-year-old Kirsten Hinckley. Tuft this morning visited Cabin Fever, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Louisiana College Student Shoots 2 Women Dead, Kills Herself in Class
Reuters
9 February 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- A nursing student shot two women to death and killed herself in front of horrified classmates at a college in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana on Friday, police said. Investigators still did not have a motive for the early morning killings at the Louisiana Technical College in the state capital, Baton Rouge, police spokesman L'Jean McKneely told Reuters. Details such as the names of the victims... ( gunpolicy.org )
Japan
2,885 Japanese Gun Owners Surrender 4,467 Weapons After One Rampage
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
8 February 2008
Gun owners are turning in their licenses for thousands of weapons following public outrage over a shooting incident at a sports club in Nagasaki Prefecture last December that left two people dead, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The NPA said a total of 2,885 gun owners have opted to return their licenses for 4,467 weapons and have either sold or disposed of the guns. Of the total, 90 gun owners who had come to... ( 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
Student Shoots, Kills 2 Women, Then Herself at a Louisiana College
New York Times
8 February 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- A nursing student opened fire Friday morning in a classroom filled with students at a technical college's campus here, killing two young women before fatally wounding herself, the police said. A Baton Rouge police spokesman, Cpl. L'Jean McKneely, said investigators did not know the motive for the killings, and he did not release the names of the victims. The police learned of the attack, which... ( 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
5 Women Shot Dead in Illinois Clothing Store: Botched Robbery Suspected
Los Angeles Times / AP
3 February 2008
CHICAGO -- Five women were shot to death Saturday in what police are calling a possible botched robbery in a Lane Bryant clothing store in a Tinley Park, Ill., shopping center. Police were still searching for the gunman late Saturday. The family of Carrie Hudek Chiuso, a Frankfort social worker, said that she was one of the victims. Chiuso, who was in her early 30s, was in the store shopping. "She is the... ( 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
Mystery of Florida Woman, Killed by Stray Bullet While Sleeping at Home
First Coast News (Florida)
2 February 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- Police say Donna Mills was asleep in her apartment when a stray bullet tore through her window, ending her life. Jacksonville Sheriff's Officers came to the Preserve at Cedar River Apartments on the Westside around 3 a.m. Saturday, December 15 to check out reports of gunshots. An officer spotted bullet holes in a wall and a window. Inside that apartment, 29-year-old Donna Mills lay dead. Police... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq
Iraqis Quietly Reverse Decision to Strip Female Police Officers of Guns
Los Angeles Times
1 February 2008
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police officials have dropped plans to disarm policewomen and give their guns to male officers after an outcry from critics, who said the move was a sign of religious zealots' rising influence in Iraq. Despite the turnabout, which police confirmed Thursday, the U.S. military general who introduced women into the police force said they remained hindered in their attempts to practice real policing skills. "Even... ( gunpolicy.org )
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