Top of PageGun Policy News, 15 August 2005
Violence Victims Must be Told of Gun Carry Rights: North Carolina Law
15 August 2005
Associated Press
The General Assembly gave final approval Friday to a bill that would require clerks of court to provide information to domestic violence victims on how to get a temporary concealed weapons permit.
The measure, approved by a vote of 43-4 in the Senate, also adds protective orders to the evidence a sheriff can consider when determining whether to issue a 90-day permit to carry a concealed weapon. A victim with the protective order already was able to qualify for such a... (GunPolicy.org)
Canada Should Actively Lobby for an Arms Trade Treaty
15 August 2005
Toronto Star (Ontario), Opinion
The global arms trade poses the greatest threat to peace and stability in the world today. In the post-Cold War world, arms suppliers are willing to sell weapons to almost any country with sufficient funds. These weapons are then often funnelled to outlaw regimes, rebel groups, militias and terrorist groups, who are given a free hand to continue plundering the regions in which they operate.
The 2002 Canadian-sponsored report called The Responsibility to Protect... (GunPolicy.org)
Fewer Guns Being Seized at Canada/US Border: Stats
15 August 2005
CTV News (Toronto)
While the country's violent crime rate is dropping, the number of gang-related killings in the past decade has jumped threefold.
Two more men were killed in Toronto over the weekend and two teenagers were left wounded. So far this year, 34 people have been shot to death in Canada's largest city.
Both Toronto police and Mayor David Miller blame the flow of illegal firearms from the United States. But statistics obtained by The Globe and Mail suggest federal border... (GunPolicy.org)
Subtract the Gun and the Man Would Still Be Alive
15 August 2005
Sun News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina), Editorial
One firm conclusion can be drawn about the gunshot death of an Ohio man last week at Myrtle Beach State Park. Subtract the gun and the man would still be alive.
Unless the 13-year-old boy charged with the shooting is tried as an adult and goes to trial, we may never know exactly what happened inside the motor home in which this tragedy took place. But it is clear from police reports and from the accounts of folks camping nearby that angry passion was loose in the motor... (GunPolicy.org)
Statistics Belie Flood of Smuggled Guns from US
15 August 2005
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
As Canadian politicians express alarm about a rising tide of guns smuggled from the United States, statistics obtained by The Globe and Mail show that federal border guards are seizing fewer firearms and Toronto police are pulling no more guns off the streets than they ordinarily do.
The Canada Border Services Agency says it has intercepted 318 guns so far in 2005, below the more than 1,000 seized guns that border guards have averaged annually during the past five... (GunPolicy.org)
Call for Toy Gun Ban Gathers Support
15 August 2005
Fiji Times
Toys such as guns and video games with violent themes create a culture of violence in children and should be banned, says Fiji Teachers Union general secretary Agni Deo Singh.
Mr Singh made the comment in support of Assistant Police Commissioner Crime Kevueli Bulamainaivalu's statement that replica guns should not be sold in Fiji.
Mr Singh said children had seen many instances of adults caught breaching the law here.
"These actions of adults are copied by children... (GunPolicy.org)
Staff Shortage Stymies US Gun Database
15 August 2005
Associated Press
PHOENIX, Arizona — A shortage of personnel and resources is stifling efforts in Arizona and other Western states to take full advantage of a national gun "fingerprint" database that can link a single weapon to several crime scenes.
The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which came on board a couple of years ago, uses computers, microscopes and digital cameras to catalog unique markings on shell casings and bullets, comparing them for possible... (GunPolicy.org)
