Gun Policy News (Oceania) http://www.gunpolicy.org/ en-au Copyright 2013 GunPolicy.org Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:59 +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 Tasmania Police Deny Gun Registry Breach Claims After Thefts http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37460 Mercury (Hobart), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37460 Unlicensed NZ Soldier in Court After Being Found Drunk with Loaded Gun http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37458 Stuff (New Zealand), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37458 Over 550 Kilos of Ammunition Surrendered in Australia for Destruction http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37421 My Sunshine Coast (Australia), Media release, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37421 Canadian Man Jailed After Flouting Lifetime Weapons Ban for Third Time http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37410 Metro Canada, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37410 Opinion: Easing Gun Rules Ignores the Pain of Those Grieving http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37374 Sydney Morning Herald, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37374 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 Survey Shows Half NZ Region's Gun Users Unlicensed, Training Offered http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37358 Radio New Zealand, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37358 PNG Authorities Worried About Arms Smuggling http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37350 Pacific Islands News Association (Fiji), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37350 All Guns Recovered After Break-In at PNG Police Headquarters http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37344 ABC News (Australia), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37344 Australia Police Investigate Criminals Stealing Guns from Farmers http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37322 Herald Sun (Melbourne), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37322 Printable Firearms a 'Grave Threat' to Australians http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37278 News.com.au, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37278 Australia's Gun Controls a Political Template for US http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37275 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37275 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 Arms Trade Treaty Talks Enter Stormy Final Round http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37236 Rappler / Agence France Presse, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37236 NGOs Slam New Arms Trade Treaty Draft, Blame US for Changes http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37234 Reuters, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37234 Police Data Shows Spike in Illegal Gun Use in South Australia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37225 Advertiser (Adelaide), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37225 Conflicts of Interest Plague Arms Trade Treaty Talks http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37223 Inter Press Service News Agency, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37223 Over 3500 Guns Collected, 700 Destroyed in Australian Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37219 Gladstone Observer (Australia), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37219 Arms Trade Treaty or What? - Opinion http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37209 Philippine Star, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37209 Armed Violence Kills 66,000 Women and Girls Each Year http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37202 New Zealand Herald, Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37202 Is a Global Arms Trade Treaty possible? - Video http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37200 Inside Story, al Jazeera, Video, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37200 Fact and Figures: Global Trade in Small Arms http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37196 al Jazeera, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37196 UN Revives Effort on Pact to Regulate Arms Trade http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37194 New York Times, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37194 US Gun Lobby Stepping Up Its Opposition to UN Arms Trade Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37193 Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37193 NRA Opposes UN Arms Trade Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37191 Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37191 Global Gun Grabbers Team with UN to Prep African Countries for Arms Trade Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37192 Fox News (USA), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37192 Urgent Call for Tighter Rules on International Arms Trade - Oxfam http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37183 Oxfam International (Oxford), Media release, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37183 Gun-Related Deaths: How Australia Stepped Off "The American Path" http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37168 American College of Physicians - Annals of Internal Medicine, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37168 Nepal Decides to Endorse UN Small Arms Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37174 Xinhua, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37174 US Gun Lobby's Silence on UN Arms Treaty Surprises Gun Control Campaigners http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37164 Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37164 Canadian Gun-Control Groups Question Inclusion of Gun Advocate in Arms-Trade Talks http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37163 Edmonton Journal (Alberta), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37163 Women Explain Why an Arms Trade Treaty Can Save Many Lives http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37175 Amnesty International (London), Media release, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37175 Australian Shooters Caught Drunk, On Drugs While Hunting http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37150 Sydney Morning Herald, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37150 Australian Man Threatens Friends with Loaded, Unregistered Gun http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37120 Geelong Advertiser, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37120 New Australian Data Shows Most Gun, Knife Victims Know Killer http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37100 Age (Melbourne), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37100 Australians Offered Rewards for Gun Info After Shootings, Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37096 Advertiser (Adelaide), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37096 Japanese Turn 'Gun Ho' in Guam but Prefer Own Gun Culture http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37073 Japan Times, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37073 Former Australian PM on Gun Suicide Prevention, Mass Shootings http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37071 CNN / Global Public Square, Transcript, via GunPolicy.org Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37071 Story of Last Australian Gun Massacre, Gun Control Now a Free E-book http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37065 Sydney University Press, Book review, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37065 Over 300 Guns Surrendered in Australian Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37057 Australian (Sydney), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37057 Australian Minister Confident of Arms Trade Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37044 News.com.au / Australian Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37044 Australian Gun Crime Data Misused by US Pro-Gun Groups http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37036 CNN / Global Public Square, Blog, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37036 Australia Enacts New Gun Trafficking Penalty, Plans National Register http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37033 Ministry of Home Affairs (Australia), Media release, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37033 Criminal Groups May Be Targeting Australian Gun Dealers http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37014 Geelong Advertiser, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37014 Expert Clears Up 'Misrepresentations' of Australian Gun Data http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37022 Courier-Mail (Brisbane), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37022 US Author: Australian Gun Deaths Fall After Ban, Buybacks http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37012 PolitiFact, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37012 Fijian in Court on Charges of Neglecting Gun Safety After Death http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37011 Fiji Times, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37011 Australian Winemaker Pulls Out of US Gun Lobby Wine Club http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36995 Herald Sun (Melbourne), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36995