Gun Policy News (West Asia) http://www.gunpolicy.org en-au Copyright 2010 GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:06:35 +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 NZ Woman Linked to North Korea-Iran Arms Trafficking, Guilty Plea Tipped http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33272 New Zealand Press Association, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33272 Shot West Bank Settler Had Licence Revoked, So Israel Eases Gun Control http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33267 YNet News (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33267 Yemeni Children Play with Guns, Kill Family, Flee Home in Fear of Lives http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33280 IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33280 United Arab Emirates Aim for Self Sufficiency in Ammunition Manufacture http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33227 National (United Arab Emirates), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33227 Groom Kills 3 Family with AK-47 in Turkish Wedding Celebratory Shooting http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33126 Agence France Presse, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33126 Celebrating Turkish Wedding, Groom Kills 3 Family Members with AK-47 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33120 CNN, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33120 Gun Dealer's Stash of Military-style Guns Links Iran, Canada, US, Europe http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33090 Seattle Times, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33090 US Baggage Handlers Steal 4 Pistols from Israeli PM's Armed Bodyguards http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32957 BBC News, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32957 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 Nationwide Crackdown on Handguns Infuriates Israeli West Bank Residents http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32940 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32940 Israeli Gun Dealer Indicted in US, Smuggling Bosnian AK-47s to Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Feds Nab Israeli, US Gun Runners Smuggling AK-47s, Bosnia to Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32902 Politico (Washington DC), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32902 More Guns = Less Crime, Mexican President 'Bold Faced Liar' Blaming US http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32870 Santa Monica Daily Press (California), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32870 Blackwater President, Execs Indicted on 'Scofflaw' Machine Gun Charges http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32578 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32578 In Yemen, 97 Percent of Those Polled Want a Law to Curb Gun Carrying http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32536 Yemen Post (Sana'a), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32536 Turkish Gun Shops Go From Back Alley to Mall, 80% of Shooters are Men http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32488 Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32488 Soldiers Fire Bullets Unintentionally Once Every Couple of Days in Israel http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32389 YNet News (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32389 Senior Spy Accuses Iraqi PM of Giving Away US Guns in Bid to Buy Votes http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32248 Sydney Morning Herald, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32248 New Laws Force 300 Yemeni Gun Dealers, Buyers Into Black Market Deals http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32553 IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32553 High Demand for Guns, Lebanon's 'AK-47 Index' May Be Pointing to War http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32041 National (Abu Dhabi), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32041 22 Prominent Gun Dealers Arrested in Arms Trade Plagued by Corruption http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32020 United Press International, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32020 Complex International Web Entangles Weapon Cargo Seized In Thailand http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32002 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32002 Arkansas 'Jihadi Attack' Gun Killer Faces Death Penalty, Cites al Qaeda http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31949 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31949 US Rifle Sights Inscribed with 'Bible Codes' for War in Afghanistan http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31937 al Jazeera, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31937 Michigan Firm to Remove 'Bible Code' from Weapon Sold to Kill Muslims http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31943 New York Times, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31943 Smith & Wesson Exec, 21 Others Charged in FBI Gun Sale Bribery Sting http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31899 Boston Herald, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31899 Smith & Wesson Executive Among 22 Charged in Gun Sale Bribery Case http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31898 Bloomberg (USA), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31898 FBI Charges S&W Exec, 21 US-UK-Israeli Arms Dealers for Gun Sale Bribes http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31896 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31896 Newspaper Reports 'Alarming, Massive' Gun Smuggling, Trafficking in Iran http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31891 Tehran Times / Khorasan (Iran), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31891 Israeli Soldier's Sentence Doubled for Selling Stolen Army M-16 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31857 Israel News, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31857 Drunk Security Guard Accidentally Shoots Soldier Friend http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31831 Jerusalem Post (Israel), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31831 Security Contractor Weapons, Ammo, Seized in Iraqi Polce Raid http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31840 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31840 Virginian Company Fined for Attempted Yemeni Arms Brokering Deal http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31791 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31791 Blackwater Shootings Inflame Iraqi Anti-American Sentiment http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31777 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31777 US Ramps Up Arms Exports to Yemen, Feeds Established Gun Culture http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31756 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31756 Police Sting Nabs Five Gun Trafficking Suspects in Israeli Arab Town http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31485 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31485 More Legal Guns in Saudi Arabia Will Not Protect Us From Criminals http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31302 Saudi Gazette (Jeddah), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31302 Saudi to Make Gun Sales Legal, Licence Dealers to Control Trafficking http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31339 National (Abu Dhabi), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31339 In Crackdown on Illegal Weapons, Saudi Arabia to Licence Gun Dealers http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31273 Agence France Presse, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31273 US Seizure of Iran-Syria Ammunition Cargo 'Embarrassing' for Germany http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31250 Spiegel (Germany), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31250 New Penalty for Shooting a Gun in Iraqi Province is 1million Dinars http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31152 Aswat al-Iraq (Iraq), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31152 181 Smuggled US, European Guns in Taiwan Seizure of Philippine Cargo http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31078 Central News Agency (Taiwan), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/31078 Indian Army Grounds UAE Air Force Plane Carrying Guns to China http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30893 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30893 Hunters Up In Arms Over Changes to Shooting Regulations in Israel http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30874 Jerusalem Post (Israel), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30874 Turkey Traces Gun Crime to Flood of Glock Pistols Supplied by US to Iraq http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30803 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30803 50 Israeli Assault Weapons on Ship from Turkey Seized in Philippines http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30790 Deutsche Presse-Agentur, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/30790