Gun Policy News (Asia) http://www.gunpolicy.org/ en-au Copyright 2013 GunPolicy.org Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:38 +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 Gun Smuggling and Renting are Rising Problems in Malaysia say Police http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37451 Asia One (Singapore), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37451 Illegal Arms Flowing into Bangladesh at 'Alarming' Rate http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37449 Dhaka Tribune, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37449 86 Modified Replica Guns Seized from Japanese Businessman http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37446 Japan Daily Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37446 Iranian Jailed for Illegal Arms Importation into Nigeria http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37445 This Day (Lagos), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37445 Israeli Police asks Public to Hand in Illegal Guns After Rise in Murder Rate http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37438 Times of Israel, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37438 Police Report Shows 80 Percent of Guns Unregistered in Turkey http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37431 World Bulletin (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37431 Gun Licensing Law Changes Considered in Turkey http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37454 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37454 Turkey Plans Ban on Guns at Bars and Cafes, Safety Training for Owners http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37435 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37435 Licensed Indian Gun Owner Shoots Son in Dispute http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37426 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37426 Nepal District Police Collect Over 200 Illegal Weapons in Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37419 Himalayan Times (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37419 13 People Shot Dead Each Day in India says NGO http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37414 Post Noon (Hyderabad), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37414 Turkey Launches Locally Made Rifles, Aims for $100M in Exports http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37413 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37413 Gun Attack in Thailand's South Leaves Six Dead http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37402 BBC News, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37402 Canadian Govt Budgets to Seize Rifles Easily Converted to Automatic http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37400 Global News (Canada), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37400 80-Yr-Old Indian Engineer Arrested for Supplying Arms Parts to Gang http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37394 DNA India (Mumbai), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37394 Most Brazilian Guns Exported to US http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37390 Folha de Sao Paulo, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37390 2 Injured After Thai School Shooting http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37387 SINA (China), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37387 Questions Over Gun Ownership Rates in Israel as Gun Crime, Theft Rises http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37395 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37395 4,000 Air Guns Seized in Hong Kong, Cops Allege Illegal Modifications http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37372 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37372 Study Shows Gun Ownership Doesn't Preserve Freedom, Democracy http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37368 Atlantic (USA), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37368 Chinese Shooter Jailed for Injuring Man with Illegal Homemade Gun http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37385 Shanghai Daily (China), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37385 Support for Stricter Gun Control Falls Slightly in Philippines http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37359 Sun Star (Philippines), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37359 Turkish People Spent TL 117 Million on Guns in 2012 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37360 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37360 Concerns Grow Over Korean Gun Violence http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37354 Korea Herald, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37354 India's Anti-Terrorist Squad Busts Gun Smuggling Gang http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37351 Pioneer (India), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37351 Nepal Extends Illegal Arms Amnesty Programme http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37341 Khabar South Asia, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37341 Indonesia Police Ask Citizens to Surrender Illegal Homemade Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37339 Borneo Post, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37339 Indonesia Police Say Most Armed Robbers Use Homemade Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37349 Jakarta Post, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37349 Nepal Police Concerned Over Rise in Illegal Guns, Crime in Valley http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37338 Himalayan Times (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37338 Guns Easily Available in Côte D'Ivoire Despite Embargo http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37347 IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37347 Levels of Violence Rise at Jordan's Universities, Gun Drawn at Parliament http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37330 Al-Monitor (Washington DC), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37330 Guns of 15,000 Abusive Men Seized in Turkey http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37324 Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37324 Expert Says Explaining Benefits of Arms Treaty will Boost US Support http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37313 New York Times, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37313 600,000 Unlicensed Guns in Philippines as Black Market Thrives http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37311 France 24, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37311 Saudi Youths Jailed for Brandishing Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37309 Gulf News (Dubai), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37309 Police Seize Homemade Guns, Manufacturing Equipment in India http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37307 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37307 Egypt Major Recipient of Illicit Libyan Weapons: UN Report http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37305 Daily News (Egypt), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37305 Citizens in Former Yugoslavia 'Traumatised and Heavily Armed' http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37301 Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37301 India Police say Criminals Trying to Buy Guns From Students http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37308 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37308 Philippines Military Loses 200 Guns in Fire http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37297 Philippine Star, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37297 Jilted Lover Kills Indian Girl's Dad, Injures Mom http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37279 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37279 China Says UN Arms Treaty Lacks Consensus http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37276 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37276 UN Approves Global Gun Trade Treaty: NRA, Iran, N Korea, Syria Oppose http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37271 Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37271 Illegal Arms Smuggling Continues to Thrive in Indian City http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37267 Times of India, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37267 Nepal Citizens Reluctant to Give Up Illegal, Unlicensed Guns in Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37259 República (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37259 Turkish Authorities Seize Guns Bound for Syria http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37257 RTÉ (Dublin), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37257 Philippines Police Arrest Almost 2,000 for Breaches of Election Gun Ban http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37254 Philippine Star, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37254 Iran, N. Korea, Syria Block Arms Trade Treaty at Last Minute http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37253 Australian (Sydney), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37253 Kuwait Authorities Propose New Gun Law, Buyback to Curb Crime http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37255 Arab Times (Kuwait), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37255