Top of PageGun Policy News, 4 November 2009
Canadian Vote Moves Long Gun Registry Closer to Its Demise
4 November 2009
Sun Media (Canada)
OTTAWA — The gun registry has moved one critical step closer to its slow demise.
MPs voted 164-137 in favour of C-391, a private member's bill from Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner to abolish the 14-year-old registry. Cheers of applause rippled through the House of Commons tonight after the vote passed with the support of 21 Liberal, NDP and independent MPs.
The vote means the bill has approval in principle of the House. It will go to committee for further study before... (GunPolicy.org)
Maryland Judges Say Second Amendment No Obstacle to Gun Control
4 November 2009
CBS News (USA) / Taking Liberties, Blog
I've written recently about how courts in New Jersey and Illinois have concluded that the Second Amendment poses no obstacle to local governments enacting stringent anti-gun laws.
Now a Maryland appeals court has followed suit. A three-judge panel ruled last Thursday that the Second Amendment does not interfere with a Maryland law that generally restricts state residents from carrying handguns.
That's not much of a surprise. What is remarkable is that Judge Albert... (GunPolicy.org)
Both Sides Agree Canadian Long Gun Registry Appears Doomed
4 November 2009
Toronto Star (Ontario)
OTTAWA — Opponents of a long-gun registry in Canada are about to put a bullet in it.
Both sides of the gun-control debate believe the Conservatives now have enough Commons votes to give parliamentary approval in principle to a private member's bill to kill the registry for rifles and shotguns.
The vote late Wednesday is on the second reading of the bill, which would send it to a committee for more study and possible amendment before it comes back to the Commons, and... (GunPolicy.org)
Police Ask Gun Dealers to Install Cameras After Indian Weapon Theft
4 November 2009
Indo-Asian News Service
PANCHKULA, Haryana — All arms dealers in this Haryana district have been asked to install closed circuit TV (CCTV) cameras and appoint a guard at night after an arms shop was robbed of weapons and ammunitions worth nearly Rs.1 million last week, police said.
District police chief Amitabh Dhillon has asked all police station heads to ensure the dealers follow the instructions.
On Tuesday, robbers broke at least five locks before decamping with weapons and a large... (GunPolicy.org)
Majority Votes to Repeal Canadian Long Gun Registry Requirements
4 November 2009
Toronto Star (Ontario)
OTTAWA — A long-running effort by the Conservatives to kill the long-gun registry has passed an important hurdle in the House of Commons, with a majority voting for the first time in 14 years to study a bill to repeal it.
MPs voted 164-137 to give "second reading" — or "approval-in-principle" — to a private member's bill sponsored by MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar) that calls for the repeal of legal requirements to register long-barrelled rifles and... (GunPolicy.org)
Gun Registries to Be Installed Nationwide by Ghana Police
4 November 2009
Daily Graphic (Ghana)
The Ghana Police Service has been directed to instal arms registries across the country as part of measures by the government to properly control weapons.
Additionally, the government is also taking steps to ensure a good stockpile management, as well as branding and tracing of official weapons, to deal with the impunity with which small arms are being used for violent crimes and conflicts in the country.
The President, John Evans Atta Mills, who made this known,... (GunPolicy.org)
PNG Police Commissioner Approved 'Smuggled' Assault Weapons
4 November 2009
ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave)
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner, Gari Baki, says he authorised the importation of illegal firearms seized by Customs officials at Jacksons international airport, Port Moresby, last month.
PNG customs officials seized four high-powered assault rifles and a nine millimetre semi-automatic pistol from a passenger on an Air Niugini flight from the Philippines.
The passenger claimed he was working for an arms dealer.
But PNG Customs officials maintain the... (GunPolicy.org)
Police Find Abandoned, Loaded AK-47 in King's Park, Belize City
4 November 2009
7 News Belize
Police on an operation found a machine gun along with live rounds at a north side residence this morning. The weapon is an AK-47 with 7 live rounds.
Police are tight-lipped but the head of Eastern Division David Henderson promised to provide more details after a few more pieces of the investigation fall into... (GunPolicy.org)
Clear Majority of Canadian MPs Vote to Scrap Long Gun Registry
4 November 2009
CanWest News Service
OTTAWA — MPs voted by a clear margin Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.
A private member's bill, sponsored by Conservative backbencher Candice Hoeppner, had the backing of all the Tories, from Prime Minister Stephen Harper down, and enough Liberal and New Democrat MPs to clear its first major... (GunPolicy.org)
