Top of PageGun Policy News, 17 October 2008
Arizona Gun Dealer Loses 'Arsenal' of Handguns, 3mths in Canadian Jail
17 October 2008
Chatham Daily News / Sun Media (Ontario)
A 66-year-old Arizona man arrested at the border with an arsenal of loaded handguns in his vehicle was released from Sarnia jail Thursday after spending three months behind bars.
Collie Roe pleaded guilty in Sarnia court to eight gun-related offences including possession of prohibited weapons, importing prohibited goods and evading customs laws July 12 at the Blue Water Bridge.
Under Canada's strict new gun laws, Roe could have been sentenced to a mandatory three year... (GunPolicy.org)
Handgun Owners in Cleveland Volunteer to Register Their Weapons
17 October 2008
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
Hundreds of Cleveland residents voluntarily register their guns with the city, even though a state law banned Cleveland and other cities from forcing people to register their weapons.
Cleveland officials said they have always enforced state laws, even those that conflict with city ordinances, after the state passed a law last year that revised portions of the concealed-carry law and implemented one set of gun rules statewide, nullifying local firearms ordinances.... (GunPolicy.org)
US Soccer Mom Insists on Packing Loaded Pistol to 5yr-old's Games
17 October 2008
Patriot-News (Pennsylvania)
Sharon Gregg-Bolognese, the president of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Soccer League, has been getting an earful from parents and coaches who are worried that people will start packing pistols to their children's soccer games.
In a case that gained national attention, a Lebanon County judge ruled Tuesday that Meleanie Hain should get back her concealed-gun permit, which the county sheriff revoked after Hain openly carried a gun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer... (GunPolicy.org)
Philadelphia Lawmakers Float Another Raft of City Gun Control Laws
17 October 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer
The same Philadelphia City Council members who have challenged the state's supremacy on gun laws introduced two new gun-control bills yesterday, one aimed at closing what critics say is a big loophole in the secondhand gun market.
Under legislation proposed by Council members Donna Reed Miller and Darrell L. Clarke, anyone reselling a gun would have have to run the sale through a licensed dealer, who would run a background check on the buyer.
A similar state law... (GunPolicy.org)
United Kingdom,Northern Ireland
Suicide of Loyalist Commissar Yields 80 Illegal Guns in Northern Ireland
17 October 2008
BBC News
More than 80 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been found by police in a loyalist area of Belfast.
Police officers went to the Ballysillan area of north Belfast to investigate the death of a man at the weekend. It is believed he took his own life.
In follow-up searches of his house, police said they found more than 70 suspected guns.
More guns were seized from a nearby lock-up premises. The guns are thought to be linked to the UVF.
All the weapons... (GunPolicy.org)
Gun Crime: Lawmakers Prefer Punishment to Prevention in Pennsylvania
17 October 2008
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's gun laws got tougher Friday as Gov. Ed Rendell signed a bill increasing the mandatory sentence for anyone convicted of shooting a firearm at a police officer and for crimes committed with illegally purchased guns.
Rendell signed the wide-reaching bill at the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police lodge.
"It's a good day for Pennsylvania and a great day for law enforcement," said Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, who pushed... (GunPolicy.org)
Of 200 Guns Stolen Each Year in South Australia, Police Recover Only 6
17 October 2008
Advertiser (Adelaide), Opinion
South Australia is seemingly awash with illegal and stolen firearms — and the Government appears powerless to stop the black-market trade.
About 200 guns are stolen in SA a year, according to the latest Australian Institute of Criminology figures. Of those only about 3 per cent — or about six weapons — are ever recovered by police.
That means hundreds of weapons a year are disappearing forever, ending up in the hands of bikies and the criminal underworld.
It is... (GunPolicy.org)
