Gun Policy News (South America) http://www.gunpolicy.org en-au Copyright 2010 GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:20:04 +1000 www.gunpolicy.org/contactus.php http://www.gunpolicy.org/templates/gunpolicy/images/logo.gif Daily gun news, small arms policy and firearm death and injury prevention news. http://www.gunpolicy.org 60 South Africa Takes Fire for Gun Sales to Conflict Areas, Blacklisted Nations http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32947 Christian Science Monitor, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32947 Paraguay Dedicates World Cup Success to Top Scorer Shot in Mexico http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32943 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32943 UN Report Documents Hundreds of Illegal Shootings by Colombian Military http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32745 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32745 Venezuela Plant Can Make 50 Million Kalashnikov Rounds Every Year http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33179 RIA Novosti (Russia), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33179 Most Robberies In Guyana Involve Guns, Many Smuggled from Brazil http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32695 Stabroek News (Guyana), Editorial, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32695 Georgetown, Guyana Has 'Over 150,000 Illegal Guns,' Says Local YWCA http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32998 Stabroek News (Guyana), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32998 Gun Control Saved 13,000 Lives, 1 for Each Gun Destroyed in São Paulo http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32507 Estadão (São Paulo), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32507 Argentina Gun Buyback 'Wildly Successful,' 102,000 Firearms Destroyed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32035 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32035 Brazil Announces Amnesty to Reduce 5million Unregistered Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31858 Global Insight, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31858 Venezuela Destroys 32,477 Guns Seized by Security Forces [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31493 El Universal (Caracas), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31493 Venezuela Destroys 30,000 Guns, Suffers 152 Homicides per Week http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31459 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31459 Latin America Plagued by Glut of Guns, Homicide, Armed Crime: Report http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31457 United Press International, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31457 Ten Countries Apply to Build Kalashnikov Assault Rifle Producing Plants http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31454 RIA Novosti (Russia), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31454 Documents Shed New Light on Viktor Bout 'Merchant of Death' Arms Deal http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31395 Washington Times, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31395 Drugs, US Guns 'Gravest Problem' Facing Caribbean, Latin America http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31176 Caribbean Life (New York), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31176 New Law Would Limit Venezuela Bullet Sales to 50 per Person per Year http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31087 Latin American Herald Tribune, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31087 Cold War Reopened in Fight to Free, Jail 'Merchant of Death' Gun Runner http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31048 Reuters / RIA Novosti, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31048 Latin America: 'The More Guns, the More Violence,' UN Conference Told http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30924 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30924 Mexico Urges UN to Help Curb Gun Running to Latin America [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30906 El Universal (Mexico), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30906 Small Arms in Latin America in the Aftermath of the NACLA Study http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30839 Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Washington, DC), Web page, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30839 'Aggressive Incentives' Lure Brazilian Gun Maker from Florida to Georgia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30610 Atlanta Business Chronicle, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30610 Global Gun Control Expert Pablo Dreyfus Killed in Air Crash [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30394 El Clarin (Buenos Aires), Obituary, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30394 Police Chiefs of Portuguese-speaking Nations Meet to Curb Gun Running http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30323 Diario de Noticias (Lisbon), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30323 Chilean Generals Jailed for Pinochet's Gun Trafficking to Croatia in 1991 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30267 Valparaiso Times (Chile), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30267 Key Campaigners Against Global Gun Trafficking Lost in Air France Crash http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30255 Sunday Herald (Glasgow), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30255 Wealthy Arms Dealer Gets 30 Years for Selling Guns 'To Kill Americans' http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29362 New York Times, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29362 Arms Dealer Offered Guns to Colombian Rebels, Got 30yrs in US Prison http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29363 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29363 Street Gang Members Give Up Handguns for Destruction in Ecuador http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29256 Christian Science Monitor, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29256 Caribbean Nations Report Alarming Rates of Gun Running, Gun Crime http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29072 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29072 Gun Carry Ban Reduces Homicide by 23% in Colombian City [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29077 El Colombiano (Medellín), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/29077 Bolivia's First Firearm Law Brings Comprehensive Gun Control [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28978 El Deber (Bolivia), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28978 Legislators Vote to Tighten Gun Control in 20 Latin American Nations http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28780 Daily Herald (St Maarten), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28780 Trial of Syrian Gun Dealer Wraps Up in New York Courtroom http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28688 Law.com (USA), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28688 International Arms Dealer, Cohort Convicted on Gun Running Charges http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28687 US Department of Justice / DEA / PRNewsWire, Media release, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28687 Former Argentinian President On Trial for Smuggling 6,500 Tons of Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28449 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28449 Comparison of Key Handgun Restrictions in 14 Industrialised Countries http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28318 Economist, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28318 Lawmakers Promise New 'Best Practice' Gun Law in Uruguay [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28260 La Republica (Montevideo), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28260 New Factory to Leak Ammo to Venezuela, Latin America? [Espanol: Part 2] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28203 El Nacional (Venezuela), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28203 New Factory to Leak Ammo to Venezuela, Latin America? [Espanol: Part 1] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28202 El Nacional (Venezuela), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28202 Colombian Govt Ignores 2-million-signature Gun Ban Petition [Espanol] http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28095 El Tiempo (Colombia), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28095 $28million Gun Buyback Aims to Destroy 300,000 More Firearms in Brazil http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28047 BBC News, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/28047