United States
Cleveland to Fight for Its Gun Restrictions In Front of Ohio Supreme Court
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
10 March 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio - If Cleveland had its way, every gun in the city would have to be registered, no one would carry a weapon openly and assault weapons would be banned. All three of those rules, however -- and there are others the city would like to impose -- run contrary to an Ohio gun law that took effect three years ago establishing one set of firearm rules for everyone from Lake Erie down to the Ohio River. The city has... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Tennessee 3yr-old Grabs Wii 'Gun,' Kills Herself with Dad's Loaded Pistol
Tennessean (Nashville)
9 March 2010
NORENE, Tennessee -- A mix-up between a Wii game and a .380 caliber pistol led a 3-year-old to pluck the real gun from an end table and shoot herself in the abdomen, ending her life, Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said. Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan's stepfather, Douglas Cronberger, and her mother, Tina Ann Cronberger, both 32, were inside their rural Norene home when the child shot herself Sunday night. Her mother was on the computer... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Student Buys Gun Show Pistol, Ignores Campus Gun Ban, Shoots His Leg
WDAY-6 TV News (North Dakota)
7 March 2010
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota - A Saturday night turned dangerous for a UND student after he accidentally shot himself in the leg. Law enforcement and weapon experts say this brings to light a very important issue: gun safety. Yesterday, authorities responded to a 9-1-1 call that a U-N-D student had shot themselves on U-N-D property. The student had purchased the gun earlier that day form the Grand Forks gun show which is a lengthy... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
Commission Proposes Ban on Semi-automatic Handguns in Finland
Macleans (Canada)
4 March 2010
On Sept. 23, 2008, a culinary student named Matti Juhani Saari walked into a vocational college in Kauhajoki, Finland, drew a semi-automatic pistol, and killed 10 people before taking his own life. Less than a year earlier, an 18-year-old fatally shot eight people at a high school in Tuusula, 50 km north of Helsinki, before killing himself. In the wake of Saari's rampage, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen promised a grieving nation that... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria
Nigerian Bird Hunter Says He Shot, Killed 15yr-old Boy by Accident
Daily Independent (Lagos)
1 March 2010
LAGOS -- Kamilu Kamoru, a peasant farmer, had set out to harvest tubers of yam for his family on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Armed with a Dane gun and a cutlass, he rode on his Suzuki motorcycle and had hardly settled down in his farmland situated at Afowowa, Isale Oyo, Oyo Town, Oyo State, when he sighted scores of guinea fowls feeding on his maize crops. "Immediately, I sighted the birds, I was happy, hoping that I would... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Las Vegas Police Officer, Mother Charged After 2yr-old Son Shot Himself
Fox News (USA)
1 March 2010
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas police officer and his wife will be charged with child abuse and neglect with substantial bodily harm after their 2-year-old shot himself with the officer's gun in February. Las Vegas Metro police officer Jared Bledsoe and his wife, Shawnee Bledsoe, both 27, face one count of the felony charge after their son discovered a loaded gun in their night stand after he was put to bed. The complaint, made in Moapa... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Handgun Ban Presents Quandary for US Supreme Court Justices
Washington Post
1 March 2010
As a member of the Junior ROTC, teenager Antonin Scalia toted his rifle on the subway ride back and forth to Queens. As a hunter, he speaks lyrically of stalking wild turkeys. And as a justice, he may have reached the pinnacle of his more than two decades on the Supreme Court when he wrote the majority opinion that said the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own a firearm. But when the justices on Tuesday confront... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Loses Son to Careless Firearm Storage
NBC News (Miami )
28 February 2010
An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead in Deerfield Beach last night after being accidentally shot in the face by his little brother. The boys' mother said the pair had been asked to go to the parking lot outside their home to their father's truck to retrieve a hat. While searching for it, 10-year-old Terrence Reddick found a gun inside the vehicle and shot and killed Randy Reddick. "[Terrence] just said, 'It was a mistake.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
11 Die in Mass Shooting as 'al-Qaida' Militants Sack Philippine Village
Associated Press
27 February 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants raided a village in the southern Philippines early Saturday, killing 11 people in the country's worst militant attack on civilians in nine years. Gunmen from the extremist Abu Sayyaf group backed by renegade Muslim separatist rebels fired grenade launchers and automatic rifles on houses while residents were asleep, killing one government-armed militiaman and 10 civilians... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Swansea 12yr-old Killed 10yr-old with Shot to Heart from Dad's .22 Airgun
BBC News
25 February 2010
A coroner has urged parents to supervise children using air guns after a 10-year-old boy died after being shot at close range in the heart. Rhys Johnson of Llansamlet in Swansea died in hospital on 27 September. An inquest heard he and a friend were using his father's airgun without his knowledge in a lane behind his home. Recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Philip Rogers was told Rhys's friend did... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gunman Shoots, Injures Students at School 3 Miles from Columbine High
Associated Press
23 February 2010
LITTLETON, Colorado - A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said. One male and one female were shot at about 3:30 p.m. outside Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Jefferson County Sheriff's office spokeswoman... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Current Laws Not Stopping Illegal Gun Epidemic in East Bay, California
San Francisco Chronicle, Column
23 February 2010
Since the start of the year, Oakland police have confiscated more than 200 illegal guns during routine traffic stops and planned police arrests. In Richmond, police seized more than 25 guns in vehicles during routine traffic stops in January alone. Illegal guns have become an epidemic problem in the East Bay. It seems we've become numb to the constant gun violence and remain unfazed when the gunman turns out to be too young... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Queens Assault Weapon Owner Kills Wife, Two Teenage Daughters, Self
New York Times
22 February 2010
Back in November, Dionne Coy-Bailey, an assistant principal, moved out of her Queens home for a few weeks because she found her husband's gun under their bed and feared for her safety, a law enforcement official said. Her fear, it seems, was well-founded. On Monday, the police found Ms. Coy-Bailey and her two teenage daughters dead in their beds. A gun was found on the living room floor at the feet of Ms. Coy-Bailey's husband,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Hungary
Hungary PM Calls for Greater Gun Control, Crackdown on 'Sport' Shooters
Hungary Around the Clock (Budapest)
19 February 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai yesterday asked Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Imre Forgács to draft a decree on tightening gun control regulations within days. Bajnai spoke about crime as he assessed 2009 at a police conference. "The tragic or almost tragic shooting incidents of recent months have drawn attention to the need to tighten regulations on access to firearms," he said, adding "we cannot allow sick people who are... ( gunpolicy.org )
Finland
National Handgun Ban Mooted After String of Shootings in Finland
Associated Press
17 February 2010
HELSINKI, Finland - A Finnish government commission on Wednesday proposed a ban on semiautomatic handguns after two school shootings in recent years left 20 people dead. The ban, which needs parliamentary approval, would sharply reduce the number of legal weapons in a country that ranks among the world's top five in civilian gun ownership. "We've had a very weapon-friendly culture," commission chairman Pekka Sauri said.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Teenage Brothers Shot by Hooded Gunman in Packed California Church
San Francisco Chronicle
16 February 2010
Two teenage brothers who were shot in a Richmond church are cooperating with police to help identify and arrest three hooded men who burst into the packed service and opened fire, police said Monday. The brothers, 14 and 19, were shot in the leg and shoulder during the violent invasion that sent more than a hundred terrified worshipers ducking for cover Sunday at the New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ. "We know this... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Minnesota Man Gets 5yrs Jail for Shooting Airgun at School Buses
Worthington Daily Globe (Minnesota)
15 February 2010
WADENA, Minnesota - A 21-year-old man from Wadena was sentenced Feb. 4 to five years in prison for shooting a pellet gun at Wadena-Deer Creek school buses on March 3, 2008. Timothy Erwin Mindermann received the five-year prison sentence for three felony charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. An Otter Tail County jury found Mindermann guilty on all three counts, in addition to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Witnesses Detail Handgun Assassination of Iowa School Coach
Associated Press
12 February 2010
ALLISON, Iowa - Brandon Simkins stood in the weight room of the Aplington-Parkersburg high school, a loaded .22-caliber revolver pointed at his head, and closed his eyes. He was sure he was about to die. The then-freshman football player had watched a man he didn't recognize walk past the dumbbells and workout machines and raise the weapon. The man fired. Simkins opened his eyes and watched his coach, Ed Thomas, fall to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Iowa 12yr-old Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of Stepfather
Associated Press
12 February 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - A 12-year-old boy was charged Friday with murder and other counts in a shooting that killed his stepfather and wounded a young girl in Iowa. Authorities responded to a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Chariton, about 40 miles south of Des Moines. When they arrived at the white farmhouse south of town, they found the body of Todd Peek, 37, who authorities say was shot in his upper body. Authorities said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Hunting, Gun Industries Predict Dire Times, Too Few Kids With Guns
Wall Street Journal
10 February 2010
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show is a sportsman's paradise, but one where trouble is brewing. There were lots of kids here with their families, walking the nearly 300,000 square feet of the State Farm Show Complex. They were checking out the newest fishing lures, gun blinds and camouflage clothing. But many of the outfitters who set up booths at the show and sell mountain-lion stalks in New Mexico, bear... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Illegal Guns Found 7 Times This School Year in Just One Louisiana Parish
Advocate (Louisiana)
10 February 2010
A 13-year-old sixth-grade student at Westdale Middle School was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of bringing a loaded gun onto campus Monday and threatening to shoot another student, law enforcement authorities said. The arrest marks the seventh time this school year that a gun has been found on school property, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. In the Westdale Middle... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Los Angeles Gang Counselor Shot Dead for Approaching 16yr-old Tagger
Associated Press
9 February 2010
LOS ANGELES - When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission -- steering kids away from crime -- but he paid for it with his life. Los Angeles police arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday, saying he would be charged with murder for shooting Barron to death Sunday night after Barron confronted him. A 40-year-old former member of the notorious... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Drunk Texan Gun Owner Fires Revolver Five Times at His Daughter, Misses
El Paso Times (Texas)
9 February 2010
CARLSBAD, Texas -- A local man faces multiple charges after allegedly firing a gun at his daughter when she attempted to leave his residence with her son. Tamie Carlson told Eddy County Sheriff's deputies she was moving furniture and drinking with her father, 75-year-old George H. Carlson, on Saturday night. She said she was attempting to leave with her 12-year-old son when her father locked himself in the bedroom with the boy,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
44 Shots Fired, 1 Dead in 'Predictable' San Francisco Nightclub Gunfight
San Francisco Chronicle
8 February 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - A Fisherman's Wharf nightclub was already facing a seven-day city suspension of its license for out-of-control crowds when a gun battle erupted there over the weekend, leaving one man dead and four others wounded, San Francisco officials said Monday. The city imposed an emergency suspension Sunday, after Lawon Hall, 19, of Richmond was slain in the shootout in front of the Suede Nightclub and Lounge at 383 Bay St.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Anti-gun Violence Initiative Lowers Firearm Homicide in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Daily News
7 February 2010
DAYTON, Ohio -- Sheena Avery squirms on the wooden pew and squints through her glasses as about 30 young men are led into a Montgomery County courtroom. All are on probation in late August and ordered in to hear a stern warning from police who suspect they are gang members. Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl calls the gathering a "call in." It's the cornerstone of a police initiative involving the FBI to reduce the area's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Alabama 14yr-old Shoots, Kills Another Boy, Also 14, in School Corridor
Huntsville Times (Alabama)
7 February 2010
MADISON - A judge will determine at a hearing Monday whether a Discovery Middle School student accused in the shooting death of a classmate will be charged as an adult, officials said Saturday. Madison Superintendent Dr. Dee Fowler also said security will be high at all Madison schools when students return to school Monday. "Concern for the well being of our children is the top priority for parents, the school system, and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Teens, 14 & 15, Shoot Ice Cream Van Driver for Her Takings
San Francisco Chronicle
6 February 2010
VALLEJO, California - A teenage runaway from a foster home is being sought by police, and another youth was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting of a woman driving an ice-cream truck in Vallejo. Peter Montenegro, 15, who has ties to Vallejo and Hayward, is suspected of firing the shots that wounded Amarjit Kaur, 39, of Vallejo on Wednesday, police Sgt. Kevin Bartlett said Friday. He remains at large. The boy... ( gunpolicy.org )
Lebanon
High Demand for Guns, Lebanon's 'AK-47 Index' May Be Pointing to War
National (Abu Dhabi)
3 February 2010
BEIRUT - Abu Mahdi spends most of his day sitting in a plastic chair in front of a dilapidated concrete block shack on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs puffing on a water pipe and pouring coffee for a steady stream of visitors and customers that have come to examine his inventory. Two of his first customers on a cold winter morning are young fighters in their late teens from the militant Shiite movement Hizbollah who are... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
SWAT Team Races to US School After Child 'Fires' Cap Gun at 6yr-olds
Associated Press
2 February 2010
VANCOUVER, Washington - The initial 911 report from the Vancouver, Wash., elementary school was alarming: shots fired at a school playground. That had police and SWAT officers scrambling Tuesday morning -- only to find the weapon was a bright orange cap gun. Police and school officials say a second-grade boy at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School brought the gun and apparently pointed it at two 6-year-olds and fired it, discharging... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Brooklyn 18yr-old Receives Honour for Standing Up to US Gun Lobby
Daily News (New York)
2 February 2010
At 18, Kristine Arroyo already knows how to stand up to the powerful National Rifle Association - and tomorrow night, she'll stand up and be honored at Borough President Marty Markowitz's State of the Borough address. Arroyo, of Carroll Gardens, went to Albany last year with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence to lobby legislators to tighten gun laws and get firearms off city streets. For her, the issue was personal - just... ( gunpolicy.org )
Mexico
Hitmen Shoot, Kill 13 Students at Party in Mexico's Deadliest Drug Town
Reuters
1 February 2010
Suspected drug hitmen in Mexico have burst into a party and killed 13 high school students in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities. The students were celebrating victory in a local American football championship in a house in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. "The men drove up in four SUVs. They were well-armed," a neighbour at the scene said. "They went into the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Netherlands Antilles
Gun Battle Erupts, Revolver Found in Netherlands Antilles School Bus
Daily Herald (St Maarten)
30 January 2010
CUL DE SAC -- Police held nine teens and seized a revolver after a gang clash in Cul de Sac that led to a shooting from a school bus Friday afternoon. A gang from the district allegedly attacked the school bus near Cake House bakery and supermarket. A passenger retaliated, firing at least one gunshot from the bus window, police said. Witnesses remember hearing two gunshots. One didn't come from the bus. A stray bullet struck... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
California Schoolboy, Gang Member Wounded in Campus Shooting
San Francisco Chronicle
27 January 2010
SAN BRUNO, California - A Skyline College student who was shot and wounded at the San Bruno campus last year has been convicted of a gun violation, a prosecutor said today. Eric Brewer, 20, pleaded no contest Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court to a felony charge of carrying a loaded firearm in a public place. Judge Susan Etezadi placed him on three years of probation and gave him credit for time served in jail, about nine... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Teacher Struck Off for Firing Unregistered Airgun in Dispute with Youths
BBC News
26 January 2010
A school teacher who fired an air pistol to scare a gang of youths who attacked him has been struck off. Allan Dickson's actions were deemed "highly irresponsible and reckless" by a panel at the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). The disciplinary sub-committee said there was no alternative to removing the 33-year-old's name from the teaching register. The decision means that he is banned from teaching.... ( gunpolicy.org )
New Zealand
Gun Threat Prompts NZ Police to Warn Farmers Against Armed Vigilantism
New Zealand Press Association
26 January 2010
A Whangarei firearms incident has prompted a warning from police that people should not take the law into their own hands. A 60-year-old Whangarei man has been charged over allegedly pointing a firearm at a group of youths littering his lawn. Sergeant Graeme Povey told the Northern Advocate five youths were walking along Riverside Drive last week when one of them threw a drink can on to the lawn of a house. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Gun Owner Shot 4yr-old Daughter, Estranged Partner, Self in Hampshire
BBC News
25 January 2010
Family and friends remembered a mother who loved her daughter "like a lion" at their funeral in Hampshire. It is believed Andy Copland, 56, shot his daughter Maisie, four, and his ex-partner Julie Harrison before turning the gun on himself on 29 December. Maisie and her mother, 40, were found with serious head injuries when police arrived at Church Hill in Aldershot. Mourners paid tribute during a service at Holy... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mentally Ill Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Killed 8 Family in Virginia
Associated Press
22 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia - There was no school the next day, so 15-year-old Emily Quarles had a friend sleep over. As she and her mother took the friend home the next morning, they became targets for a rampaging gunman. When Emily's father and boyfriend went looking for them, they were slain too. Police say Emily and her parents, Jonathan and Karen Quarles, and her boyfriend, 16-year-old Ronnie "Bo" Scruggs, were among eight people... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Miami's 'PR Nightmare' as 6yr-old Italian Boy Hurt by Celebratory Gunfire
Miami Herald
21 January 2010
The 6-year-old Italian boy struck by a stray bullet during last week's New Year's Eve celebration was in "good spirits" at a Miami hospital on Monday, while police continued their investigation into a shooting that made headlines overseas in Europe. Andrea Fregoneses, whose family was visiting Miami as tourists from Italy, was expected to recover from a bullet wound to the stomach. Meanwhile, fears waned among tourism executives... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Enthusiast Charged with Murdering 8 Family Members in Virginia
Associated Press
21 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia - The victims of a gunman's violent rampage in central Virginia included the suspect's sister and brother-in-law, as well as two other adults, three teenagers and a 4-year-old boy, according to authorities who charged the alleged shooter with first-degree murder on Wednesday. Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, surrendered to police at daybreak after leading investigators on an 18-hour manhunt... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gunman Kills Wife, Son, 6 Others, Shoots Down Helicopter in Virginia
BBC News
20 January 2010
Police have surrounded a lone gunman who shot and killed eight people in the US state of Virginia. At one point, a police helicopter was fired on by the man and forced to land with a ruptured fuel tank. All the dead were adults - men and women. Seven bodies were discovered at one home, while an eighth victim found on a road died on the way to hospital. Officers say they have surrounded a suspect in woodland just... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Enthusiast Killed Sister, 7 Family, Friends in Virginia Domestic Dispute
New York Times
20 January 2010
Just days before Christopher B. Speight surrendered to the police in connection with the killings of eight people in Appomattox County, Va., on Tuesday, co-workers said they had noticed that he had seemed sullen and on edge when he showed up for his job as a security guard at a small grocery store. Mr. Speight, 39, had been distant since his mother died of cancer in 2006, they said, but in recent months he was increasingly angry... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Domestic Dispute Blamed as Shooter Kills 8, Downs Helicopter in Virginia
Washington Post
20 January 2010
APPOMATTOX, Virginia -- Eight people were fatally shot by a lone gunman Tuesday, according to Virginia State Police, in what a spokesman for Gov. Robert F. McDonnell called "a horrific tragedy." Authorities said they had a "possible suspect" surrounded late Tuesday night in woods near where the shootings occurred. Early in the search, at least four shots apparently fired by the suspect disabled a State Police helicopter as it flew... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Son Charged After Mass Shooting of 5 Family Members in Texas Home
Associated Press
18 January 2010
BELLVILLE, Texas - Authorities working to determine what spurred a flurry of gunshots that left five people dead in southeast Texas are questioning a 20-year-old relative who lived with the victims in the isolated house surrounded by pasture land. Police said Monday the victims of the weekend bloodshed all lived in the single-story brick home in Bellville, a town of about 4,000 people located 55 miles northwest of Houston. They... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Michigan Militia Parents, Children Live with Guns, Train to Repel Terrorists
Sun (UK)
18 January 2010
Morgana, six, the youngest of the eight children, is as comfortable with a lethal .22 calibre rifle as she is with a Barbie doll. Her sister Raven, nine, has her own .22 as well, bought for her when she was seven. It is in baby pink. She explains proudly: "My dad says I'm becoming quite a good shot." Dad is Lee Miracle, of Sterling Heights, Michigan. After the events of 9/11 Lee, his wife Katerina, 43, and their... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Kansas City Gun Deaths 4 Times New York's: Register Guns to Curb Crime
Kansas City Star (Missouri), Opinion
16 January 2010
As last year drew to its close, a story in The New York Times reported a bit of encouraging news. In what is by far the largest U.S. city, population nearly 8,364,000, the total of 466 homicides in 2009 was the fewest in any year since 1963. Doing the math -- dividing the number of people by the number of murders -- it meant that one New Yorker out of every 18,000 was at risk of being slain. It piqued my interest, so I... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Saskatoon Man Flaunted Rifle, Shot 6yr-old Girl Sleeping in Next Room
CBC News (Canada)
14 January 2010
The man who carelessly fired a rifle inside a Saskatoon home, hitting a sleeping child in the next room, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The girl, Letisha Kishayinew, was six years old when the shooting took place Jan. 16, 2009. The bullet travelled through an interior wall of the home before striking the child. Spencer Wapass, 21, and another man were arrested within a week of the shooting. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
Teenage Boy Charged with Unlawful Possession on Brisbane Train
Australian Associated Press
13 January 2010
A TEENAGE boy in Brisbane has been accused of carrying a gun and planning to cause fear. Police said the 14-year-old boy had the gun while travelling on the Sandgate train line about 2pm (AEST) yesterday. The boy was charged with going armed so as to cause fear and unlawful possession of weapons. He will be dealt with under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act. ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Should Georgia Allow Hidden Handguns at Public Gatherings? No
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Opinion
13 January 2010
If your children are attending a university in Georgia, would you prefer their classmates and teachers be armed with handguns? Or would you prefer that everyone simply have books? As of July 1, 2008, Georgia lawmakers already increased the areas where guns can be legally carried to include public transportation, state parks and restaurants that serve alcohol. But now state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) and another... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Arizona Woman Traded Own Daughter For Gun
Associated Press
13 January 2010
PHOENIX - Authorities say they have arrested an Arizona woman who traded her 2-year-old daughter for a gun. Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested 33-year-old Tanya Nareau of Mesa on Tuesday after receiving a tip. Deputies say they spoke with a family friend who had the child and confirmed Nareau gave the girl to him for gun. Deputies say Nareau felt the friend would do a better job raising the child than... ( gunpolicy.org )
Australia
14yr-old Boards Train with Stolen Air Rifle, Clears Tracks in Queensland
Courier-Mail (Brisbane)
13 January 2010
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with firearms offences after stepping on to a train at Toombul on Brisbane's northside allegedly armed with an air rifle. Police were called to the station at about 2.20pm yesterday after concerned commuters on the southbound Sandgate-line train raised the alarm. The boy initially claimed he found the firearm but further enquiries revealed the air rifle was allegedly stolen. He... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Duck-hunting Student Expelled for Shotguns and Ammo Left in Truck
San Francisco Chronicle
12 January 2010
In late October, Gary Tudesko, a junior at Willows High School, went duck hunting with a friend before school. Instead of dropping off his guns at home he headed to school. He parked his pickup on a public street near campus and left two unloaded shotguns inside the locked truck. Later that day, authorities found the firearms, shells and a knife with a 3-inch blade. Tudesko was suspended and eventually expelled for gun possession. Principal... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
6 year-old Boy Shot Dead Playing in CA Driveway, 2 Charged with Murder
Associated Press
12 January 2010
POMONA, California - Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged two men with killing a 6-year-old boy who was shot as he played in the driveway of his home. Investigators believe one of the men -- 20-year-old Mathew Loza of West Covina -- targeted the boy with a scoped rifle and shot him from across the street. Azusa police Lt. Mike Bertelsen says investigators are still trying to determine whether Loza knew the gun was... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Kentucky Bill to Seize Domestic Violence Guns
Lexington Herald (Kentucky)
9 January 2010
FRANKFORT -- Kentucky sheriffs would have to collect the guns of people with domestic violence orders against them under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly. The measure, which faces opposition from gun-ownership proponents, is another in a growing number of proposals to strengthen Kentucky's domestic violence laws after the shooting death of state worker Amanda Ross last year, allegedly by former state Rep. Steve Nunn.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Basketball Hero Gets Little Sympathy Following Illegal Handgun Prank
Washington Post
8 January 2010
In Washington, the story of Gilbert Arenas and his guns is yet another in a long line of sports embarrassments for a town that has a tough time finding winners. But in the rest of the country, the news that the Washington Wizards' star guard displayed his guns in the team locker room -- and the utter lack of seriousness with which Arenas and his teammates handled the incident in the ensuing days -- is being perceived as a morality play about... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Convicted Gun Criminal Caught with Handgun
Daily Mail (UK)
8 January 2010
A teenager jailed for shooting dead his 12-year-old sister was back behind bars tonight after police caught him with a loaded handgun. Kasha Peniston, 19, was sentenced to two years for killing his sister Kamilah when he was 17 after expressing 'devastation' over her death and claiming it was an accident. He claimed he would 'live with the knowledge for the rest of his life that he was responsible for the death of his young... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Cousins Playing With 'Toy' .303 Pipe Gun, Put in Mouth, 12 year-old Shot
The Telegraph (Calcutta)
7 January 2010
Malda, Jan. 7: The left jaw of a 12-year-old was blown off today when a pipe gun with which a cousin of his was playing went off in a Kaliachak village this morning. Police said the injured boy, Harun Sheikh, was admitted to the district hospital here and later referred to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. Doctors attending to him said the boy's left jaw and two teeth were blown off and the face suffered a ghastly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
2 CA Students Found with Handguns, 1 Loaded, in Random Spot Check
Associated Press
6 January 2010
Alhambra, California - Police say a student has been arrested for investigation of weapons possession after he was found with two handguns -- one of them loaded -- at a high school in Alhambra. Police later arrested a second student in connection with the incident Wednesday. Alhambra police Sgt. Brandon Black said the guns were found about 1:30 p.m. during a random spot search by a private security firm at Mark Keppel High... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Boy Killed in Georgia Church by NYE Celebratory AK-47 Bullet
Sydney Morning Herald
5 January 2010
A four-year-old boy has been killed by a falling bullet that was fired into the air during New Year's Eve celebrations in the US. Marquel Peters was playing a video game inside a church in the state of Georgia when the bullet pierced the roof and hit him in the head, local media reported. He collapsed on the floor alongside his parents, bleeding, and was taken to hospital where he died. "I saw his Nintendo game... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Pittsburg Store Clerk Hands Co-worker 'Unloaded' Pistol, Colleague Dies
Contra Costa Times (California)
1 January 2010
PITTSBURG, Pennsylvania -- The fatal shooting of a convenience store employee by a co-worker on New Year's Eve was most likely an accident, police said Friday. Ehab Abdulwahab Ahmed, 25, was showing his 21-year-old co-worker a gun. As the co-worker handled the gun he pulled the trigger accidentally, Pittsburg police Lt. Brian Addington said, shooting Ahmed in the face. He died instantly. The shooting took place in a back room... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New Year's Celebratory Bullet Kills 4yr-old Georgia Boy Sitting in Church
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)
1 January 2010
Four-year-old Marquel Peters loved church. So much so, that he cried recently when he thought he would miss it because a relative was running late. For the New Year's Eve service, Marquel brought along a video game to play during an intermission. The next time Marquel returns to his family's church, it will be for his funeral. Thursday night, Marquel and about a dozen family members attended a service at the Church... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Indiana Boy, 13, Shoots 14yr-old Girl with Grandma's Unsecured Handgun
Associated Press
1 January 2010
FRANKLIN, Indiana - Indiana authorities say two cousins were playing with a gun at their grandmother's house when the 13-year-old boy accidentally shot the 14-year-old girl in the forehead. Franklin police Chief Stan Linn says the girl was critically hurt Thursday. She was conscious when she was taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Police say the children found the grandmother's .38-caliber handgun while the girl's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
UK Family Killer had History of Gun 'Infatuation,' Domestic Violence
Times (UK)
31 December 2009
An investigation is under way into how a man with a history of violence against women obtained a gun to shoot dead his four-year-old daughter and her mother. As the extent of Andy Copland's criminal past and violent behaviour emerged, the family of Julie Harrison and her daughter, Maisie, said they were "innocents in an awful tragedy". Ms Harrison, 40, died yesterday morning in hospital from head injuries, the day after... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Intoxicated Convicted Child Abuser Fatally Shoots Daughter with Handgun
Associated Press
30 December 2009
DENTON, Texas - A Texas man is accused of fatally shooting his 10-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve while recklessly handling a revolver. Court record show the man has been investigated repeatedly by Child Protective Services. A state investigator said he believed 36-year-old Duke Lawrence Watrous of Oak Point in Denton County had been drinking when he fired the shot that hit Ashley Watrous in the face. Texas Ranger Tracy Murphree... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
21 Face Gun-trafficking Charges in Philadelphia Crackdown
Philadelphia Daily News
30 December 2009
A 61-year-old man who shot his 16-year-old autistic son to death last month, then shot himself, got his gun from a straw purchaser, authorities said yesterday. Segundo Duque shot his son, Fabian, once in the head after pulling over in his minivan at Wyoming Avenue and H Street, in Juniata Park, on the morning of Nov. 9, police have said. He then drove nearly two miles to Sanger Street and Loretto Avenue, in Summerdale,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Former Texas Cop, Cleaning Gun, Shoots, Injures His 2yr-old Daughter
Associated Press
29 December 2009
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A 2-year-old Bandera County girl continues to recover after she was shot in the back of the head on Christmas Day as her father was cleaning his gun. Kalia Wallace is out of University Hospital's intensive care unit and has been moved to the pediatric ward. Her father was cleaning his gun when a bullet went through a kitchen cabinet and hit Kalia, who was on the other side. Her father, a former law... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Estranged Husband Shoots 4yr-old Daughter, Wife, Self in UK Custody Fight
Guardian (UK)
29 December 2009
A four year-old girl was shot dead and her mother critically wounded in an incident in Aldershot yesterday in which a man, believed to be the child's father, was also found shot dead. Hampshire police were called to the terrace house near the town centre at 10am after neighbours reported hearing a violent dispute. It is thought the woman, named in reports as Julie Harrison, had dropped her daughter Maisie off at the house... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
16yr-old Michigan Boy Charged with Street Shooting of 15yr-old Girl
Grand Rapids Press (Michigan)
29 December 2009
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - The mother of Jashaan Drew Edwards said her son was only trying to protect his younger sister, who had been the target of gang beatings, when he opened fire in their Southeast Side neighborhood this week and struck 15-year-old Rashonda Mitchell in the chest. She said her son, who just turned 16, and a 14-year-old friend encountered the victim and two men -- including one who possessed a sawed-off shotgun,... ( gunpolicy.org )
South Africa
Six Dead, Three Injured in Kenyan Christmas Assault Rifle Ambush
Cape Times (Capetown)
26 December 2009
Six people were killed and three others injured on Friday night when three men armed with R5 and AK-47 rifles entered a Ngwane house and opened fire, Kwa-Zulu Natal police said on Saturday. According to National Police Commissioner, Bheki Cele, the gunmen entered the house at 11.30pm. "A group of 11 friends were enjoying themselves when the three men entered. They simply opened fire on the group," said Cele. Those... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Family Dispute Leads Gun Owner Pastor to Shoot Son Dead at Christmas
Associated Press
26 December 2009
DARBY, Philadelphia -- A pastor fatally shot one of his eight children on Christmas Day during a dispute at the family home, where more than a dozen relatives had gathered to celebrate the holiday, police said. Kirk Caldwell killed 21-year-old Jordan Caldwell after intervening in a violent confrontation between the son and a woman at around 2 p.m. at their home in suburban Philadelphia, Darby Borough police said Friday. Kirk... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana
Ghanaian Boy, 8, Shoots, Kills Brother, 18, with Father's Illegal Rifle
All Africa
24 December 2009
KUMASI, Ghana -- An eight-year-old boy, Kwame Kusasi who lives at Anoroso, a farming village at Apetreinsa in the Asante Akim District of the Ashanti Region has been remanded in police custody for allegedly killing his eighteen year old brother. The deceased, Apabila Kusasi was shot in the chin and died instantly. Narrating the unfortunate incident to The Chronicle last Tuesday, Lance Corporal Godwin Ahianyo of the Public Relations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Child Shot Dead with Illegal Handgun, How Many Children Must We Lose?
Record (New Jersey), Editorial
23 December 2009
SENSELESS. TRAGIC. This is where we begin in considering the terrible death of 5-year-old Daron Mayes of Paterson. He was playing with a 6-year-old relative at home on Sunday night. The 6-year-old found a loaded handgun - a semi-automatic, which loads a new bullet into the chamber each time it is fired. The child played with the weapon, and accidently shot Daron in the back of the head, police say. Police attempted to revive the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Ownership 'Should Not Be Determining Factor' in Florida Adoptions
Tampa Tribune (Florida)
21 December 2009
TAMPA, Florida - The state Department of Children & Families will no longer document whether prospective foster parents own a gun. According to a Dec. 2 memorandum, DCF officials will discuss gun safety but won't document whether prospective parents have guns. Prospective parents must sign forms saying they're aware that Florida law requires people with loaded firearms keep them in a locked, secure place away from children. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
6yr-old New Jersey Boy Finds Loaded Illegal Handgun, Kills 5yr-old Friend
Associated Press
21 December 2009
PATERSON,New Jersey - Police have arrested a 23-year-old man they say left an illegal, loaded handgun in the bedroom he shared with a 5-year-old child. The child was accidentally shot and killed by a 6-year-old relative after the two boys discovered the gun while playing. Jalik Jones was charged Monday with reckless manslaughter and firearms violations. Five-year-old Daron Mayes was shot in the back of the head... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya
Race to Smuggle, Buy Assault Weapons as Kenya Pastoralists Re-arm
Daily Nation (Nairobi)
20 December 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The demand for automatic weapons in Turkana, Samburu and Pokot has created a huge market and this could explain the recent arms seizures in the country. Fuelled by persistent droughts, the arms race among the pastoral communities in Northern Kenya has intensified in the last decade with almost 95 per cent of households said to own a firearm. A two-decade study of the three communities says that by the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Liverpool Police Christmas Card Warns Women Not to Hide Men's Guns
Telegraph (UK)
19 December 2009
Cards bearing the message 'Gun crime always ends in tears, make sure they're not yours', are being sent to the women by Merseyside Police and local councils to urge them to help stop the use of guns. The cards, showing a Christmas wreath on the front and a funeral wreath on the inside saying 'Make sure it is a Christmas to remember and not one to regret', are part of an anti-gun crime campaign targeting young people believed to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dad Leaves Guns Around, Boy Kills 6yr-old, Dad Charged with Lax Storage
San Antonio Express-News (Texas)
18 December 2009
The father of a teenager accused of accidentally shooting and killing his 6-year-old cousin turned himself in to Atascosa County authorities Friday morning, shortly after he was charged with leaving a loaded gun accessible to children. An arrest warrant was issued for Manuel Quinonez III, 37, Thursday night. He was charged with making a firearm accessible to a child and causing death. The Class A misdemeanor is punishable with up... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Parents Hid Loaded Gun Behind Christmas Tree, 12yr-old Shot Himself
Associated Press
16 December 2009
CORTEZ, Colorado - Authorities say a 12-year-old Colorado boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while playing with a loaded pistol his parents had hidden behind the family Christmas tree. Montezuma County Sheriff Gerald Wallace says the boy was shot in the calf on Monday morning but the injury wasn't serious. Wallace says the parents had left for work but other family members took the boy to a hospital. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Mother Lost Custody of Daughters, Shot Them Both, Her Mother, Herself
Associated Press
16 December 2009
SANTA ANA, California -- A court commissioner had tentatively ordered a Houston woman to relinquish temporary custody of her two young children to her ex-husband's sister hours before the family was killed in a murder suicide, an attorney said Wednesday. Authorities responding to a 911 call in an upscale, gated community in San Clemente found 38-year-old Elizabeth Fontaine; her mother, 67-year-old Bonnie Hoult; and daughters 4-year-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Exempts Gun Maker in Shooting of 13yr-old Boy
WLS-TV News (Chicago)
14 December 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the current gun law. The family of a boy who was shot to death was fighting a law that protects gun makers from lawsuits by shooting victims. But the court refused to hear an appeal from the uncle of a boy accidentally killed by a friend. The suit claimed the gun did not have the proper warnings or safety mechanism. Family members say they're frustrated and believe there... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Man Sprays AK-47, Kills 12yr-old boy Trick or Treating, Gets Minimum
Associated Press
14 December 2009
Quentin Patrick will spend at least the next 16 years in prison because the convicted drug dealer, paranoid of being robbed, answered a Halloween knock on his door with a barrage of bullets from an AK-47, killing a 12-year-old South Carolina boy. But the 16-year, eight-month sentence handed down Monday was just 20 months more than the minimum Patrick could have faced after pleading guilty to a federal charge of being a felon in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Competitive Teen Rifle Shooter Charged in New York School Bomb Plot
NBC News (New York)
14 December 2009
Students are set to return to Bridgewater-Raritan High School this morning, days after a bomb scare shut down the campus. A second teenager has been arrested in connection with the investigation of the planned attack at the school. Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said cops were led to a friend of the 16-year-old Bridgewater-Raritan High School student who was previously arrested. The suspect can only be identified... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Chicago Gun Shop Secures Handguns, Assault Weapons, Foils Ram Raid
Chicago Tribune
13 December 2009
Avon police are looking for four teenagers who used a stolen SUV to smash into a firearms store and steal guns. "It was complete chaos," said Lisa Daughtery, owner of Fort Liberty Firearms. Surveillance video shows how that chaos unfolded early Saturday morning. A stolen, black Ford Expedition slammed through the front door of Fort Liberty Firearms. Seconds later, four males in their late teens, jumped out and grabbed guns.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Threatens to Sue San Mateo County if it Adopts Gun Control Laws
Palo Alto Daily News (California)
12 December 2009
Gun rights supporters want to shoot down two proposed ordinances that would require gun owners in unincorporated San Mateo County to report lost or missing guns and further restrict firearms dealers. At its meeting Tuesday, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will consider approving the two ordinances -- a move the National Rifle Association has threatened to counter by suing. One ordinance would prohibit firearms... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Detroit Woman Leaves Loaded Gun by Bed, 3yr-old Granddaughter Dies
Detroit Free Press
10 December 2009
A single shot from a 9-millimeter handgun in her grandmother's bedroom nightstand killed a Detroit 3-year-old Wednesday night, leading the city's police chief to renew a plea for gun safety. "This is the most egregious one: the gun was in a nightstand unlocked, right at a normal height for a 3-year-old," Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans said this morning. "But we have dozens and dozens of these a year." Alexia Bostick... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Long Gun Registry is Much More Than a Symbol
Metro (Canada), Opinion
10 December 2009
This past weekend, groups across the country commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Montreal massacre. Families of the victims mourned their loss and recommitted to defending Canada's gun control law, which they called a monument to the memory of the victims. Twenty years ago, a man walked into l'Ecole Polytechnique, separated the men from the women and screaming -- you are all a bunch of feminists -- killed 14 young women and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Firearms Riding High on America's Holiday Gift Lists, Say Gun Dealers
St Petersburg Times (Florida) / Scripps Howard News Service
7 December 2009
On Kevin Wence's 10th Christmas, he opened a gift from his father and discovered what would become "A Christmas Story" legend: a Red Ryder BB air rifle. His first gun. Last week, Wence bought his 15th, a stainless-steel Smith & Wesson Model 686 revolver. Unlike the air rifle, this gun won't sit under the Christmas tree, he said. But it would be a family gift that he, his wife and his 24-year-old son, all trained in shooting, could... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
First Youth Faces 3-10yrs Under Chicago's Strict New 'Gang Gun' Law
ABC News (USA)
6 December 2009
CHICAGO -- Chicago police say an 18-year-old gang member is the first person charged under a state gun law that Governor Quinn signed Thursday. Kirk Craan was cited for unlawful use of a weapon, possessing a firearm with a defaced serial number, and possessing ammunition without having a valid state firearms owner ID card. He is charged under the Valadez law, which requires a sentence of 3 to 10 years in prison for a gang... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Essex Police Say 90% of 'Firearm Incidents' Involve Only Imitation Guns
Daily Mail (UK)
5 December 2009
An innocent game of cops and robbers used to provide two benefits - lots of fun and a basic understanding of right and wrong. But children caught playing with a toy gun today have been warned they face something far more memorable - a raid by armed police marksmen. Officers have told parents to avoid buying youngsters plastic guns for Christmas in case passers-by mistake them for dangerous weapons. The warning... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Colorado State University Bans Guns on Campus, Only Utah Remains
Associated Press
5 December 2009
DENVER -- Joining most major colleges nationwide, Colorado State University has banned concealed weapons on campus with a vote that pitted faculty asking for a prohibition against students demanding the right to carry guns. The university's Board of Governors voted 7-0 Friday to require gun bans on its campuses in Fort Collins and Pueblo. Guns are already off-limits at K-12 schools in Colorado, the University of Colorado... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Man 'Waited 20 Years' to Kill His Family, Shot 3 Women, Girl at Dinner
Associated Press
2 December 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- Paul Merhige sat through three hours of Thanksgiving Day dinner and sing-a-longs around the piano, plotting the moment he would fatally shoot four relatives, his cousin-in-law said Tuesday. After opening fire, Merhige was heard saying he had waited 20 years to kill them. There were no arguments, warnings or red flags before the rampage, said Merhige's cousin-in-law Jim Sitton, who hosted the dinner and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom,Scotland
Victory for Dead Boy's Parents as Britain Allows Scotland to Ban Airguns
Sunday Mail (Scotland)
30 November 2009
MSPs will be given the power to ban deadly airguns, we can reveal today. Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy has secured an agreement to transfer authority over the weapons from Westminster to Edinburgh. It means a ban -- which has all-party support at Holyrood -- is now almost certain. The deal is a massive victory for the parents of tragic toddler Andrew Morton. Sharon and Andy Morton have campaigned relentlessly... ( gunpolicy.org )
Hungary
Licensed Pistol Club Shooter Arrested for Hungarian University Killing
Hungary Around the Clock (Budapest)
30 November 2009
A court of the city of Pecs (S Hungary) has ordered the pre-trial detention of the young man who shot four people, killing one of them, at Pecs University earlier this week, Judge Istvan Hajdu told the press on Saturday. The 23-year-old pharmacology student gave himself up shortly after firing shots at his classmates, a lab worker and a cleaning woman in the biophysics research centre of the university just before noon on Thursday.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
As US Gun Ownership Falls, Arms Industry, Gun Lobby Recruit Children
Guardian (UK)
28 November 2009
In the distance, there is snow on the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, but down here in the plains of Colorado there is only dust and sweat. In a layby just south of Denver, Texas Marshal is standing in the sweltering heat preparing for the showdown. He tips back his black felt bronco hat, pulls out his .45 Colt revolver and gives the barrel a slow, deliberate spin. Five brass bullets sink into the chambers and the gun goes back in its holster,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Hungary
Student, Club Shooter Kills 1, Injures 3 in Hungarian University Shooting
Hungary Around the Clock (Budapest)
27 November 2009
A pharmacology student fired shots inside a building of Pecs University in the south of Hungary just before noon on Thursday, killing a classmate and wounding another student, a male lab worker and a cleaning woman, local county police chief told the press from the site. Police have arrested the attacker, a 23 year-old man, who gave himself up over the phone shortly after firing the shots with a handgun, Jozsef Dakos said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany
School Shooter's Father Let Son Have Gun, Faces 15 Homicide Charges
Deutsche Welle (Germany) / DPA / AP
27 November 2009
German prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March. Victims' relatives have demanded that he pay for leaving the murder weapon unsecured. A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said on Friday that the father of Tim K. had been charged with 15 counts of negligent homicide. A trial date is yet to be announced.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan Gun Club Caretaker Planned Mass Shooting, Left Notes, Killed 5
Saipan Tribune
23 November 2009
Investigators recovered several notes that indicated that the gunman planned Friday's shooting rampage that left five people dead, including the suspect, and eight others wounded. Department of Public Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong said yesterday that detectives from the DPS Criminal Investigation Division found several notes left by the suspect, Zhong Ren Li. Tarkong said the 42-year-old Li was the alleged caretaker of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Northern Mariana Islands
Gun Massacre Interrupts Birthday Celebration on Isolated Pacific Island
Saipan Tribune
23 November 2009
It was supposedly Dolores Naputi's fourth birthday party at their residence in Kannat Tabla Friday, but it quickly turned into tragedy. Dolores survived with a gunshot wound to the left chest. She is now in stable condition and started talking after being released from the Commonwealth Health Center's intensive care unit yesterday at about 3:30pm. Dolores' mother, Kollin Deleon Guerrero, 26, was at her bedside at CHC along... ( gunpolicy.org )
Northern Mariana Islands
Gun Range Patron Shoots Children, Tourists, Kills 5, Himself on Saipan
Pacific News Centre (Guam)
20 November 2009
GUAM -- Authorities in Saipan confirm that a lone gunman has killed 5 people including himself. Two of the victims were boys. Initial reports say the first shooting occurred about 1pm this afternoon at a gun range in Kannat Tabla where 3 people were killed, including the 2 boys. A number of other children were also injured. The shooter then reportedly drove to the north end of Saipan to Marpi Point where he reportedly shot... ( gunpolicy.org )
Northern Mariana Islands
Five Children, Tourists Shot Dead on the Remote Pacific Island of Saipan
BBC News
20 November 2009
At least five people have died in a shooting incident on the Pacific island of Saipan. Eight were wounded in the incident, including a group of South Korean tourists. The gunman was among the dead. Saipan is part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, which is administered by the US. The islands have a population of 90,000, and lie between Hawaii and the Philippines. Their economy relies... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Most British Women Caught Carrying a 'Firearm' Are Merely Cautioned
Press Association (UK)
19 November 2009
Almost two out of three women caught with firearms in London are not prosecuted, according to police figures. The Metropolitan Police said 88 out of 140 women caught carrying a weapon were given cautions in the year 2008/09. Of the remaining criminal suspects, 47 were charged and five were handed youth reprimands. The figures emerged after the force's anti-shooting Trident unit launched a campaign warning wives... ( gunpolicy.org )
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