The new board chairman of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., the parent company of the famous gun maker, has offered to resign after reports surfaced about his criminal past. James Joseph Minder, 74, spent time behind bars during the 1950s and 1960s for a string of armed robberies and an attempted prison escape in Michigan. Other Smith & Wesson board members were unaware of Minder's criminal record until he called and told most of them. "I offered my resignation … and... (GunPolicy.org)

Our position is: Acting to shield irresponsible gun owners from lawsuits is a gross example of legislative overkill. Taxpayers who worried that the Indiana General Assembly was wasting its time on trivia such as the budget shortfall, kindergarten and job development should be relieved to know that august body has worked quietly into the night protecting the negligent. Slipped into a bill meant to protect prison personnel from lawsuits by inmates is a measure that... (GunPolicy.org)

Airport security is so lax in Papua New Guinea's capital that a passenger bound for Singapore slipped a pistol through security after apparently forgetting it was in his hand luggage. Minutes before his Air Niugini flight from Port Moresby landed in Singapore, the travelling bank executive was shocked to find his unloaded hand gun in his carry-on luggage. The passenger was a member of Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare's business delegation which travelled to China... (GunPolicy.org)

Packing a pistol in your briefcase to go to work may be run-of-the-mill behaviour for leading public servants and politicians in Papua New Guinea. But it is certainly heart-stopping stuff in many other countries. The news that a banking executive barely days in the top job had a pistol in his hand luggage on an Air Niugini flight to Singapore is a blow to our national credibility. Whether the executive knew of it, or his well-meaning wife packed it without his... (GunPolicy.org)