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<title>US Defence Considers New Gun Policy as Military Suicide Rate Soars</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37450</link>
<author>New York Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After Specialist Freddy Hook, a medic with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, killed himself in 2010, the trail of possible causes seemed long.

He had used illegal drugs: Was it the demons of addiction? His rocky relationship with his fiancée? A wrenching deployment to earthquake-ravaged Haiti or the prospect of an impending tour in Afghanistan?

As with most of suicides plaguing the military today, no one will know for sure.

"There are so many factors," said his... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>US Pediatricians Take on Gun Lobby – Carefully</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37441</link>
<author>NBC News (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To pediatricians, gun control is a public health issue, not a political one. But they're treading a fine line, and they know it.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has begun a renewed push to try to get Congress to pass gun control measures, sending more than 100 pediatricians to Capitol Hill earlier this month. But others who have taken on the issue over the past decade have a warning for them: they can run afoul of the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun... [NBC News (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Turkey Plans Ban on Guns at Bars and Cafes, Safety Training for Owners</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37435</link>
<author>Today&#39;s Zaman (Istanbul),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to a new regulation, people carrying guns will not be allowed as a security measure to enter entertainment venues such as bars, cafés, night clubs and places where wedding ceremonies are held, Interior Minister Muammer Güler announced on Wednesday.

Under the regulation, Güler told reporters, people who want to buy guns will receive training on how to use them safely. Moreover, those carrying weapons will be denied entrance to entertainment venues such as... [Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Licensed Indian Gun Owner Shoots Son in Dispute</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37426</link>
<author>Times of India,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - A man shot at his son in Alambagh area on Monday morning, reportedly after a heated argument. The injured youth was rushed to the Trauma Centre by family members for treatment and was under observation till late Monday night.

Surjeet Singh, an ex-defence personnel, was arrested by police and the licensed revolver with which he shot his 36-year-old son Jaspal recovered from his possession, said Shreekant Prasad, the sub-inspector who made the... [Times of India, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Canadian Govt Budgets to Seize Rifles Easily Converted to Automatic</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37400</link>
<author>Global News (Canada),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Six years after approving German-made rifles that can be converted to machine guns "in minutes" – guns that by law should have been prohibited to begin with – the federal government will spend up to $260,000 buying them from their owners.

In February 2007, the RCMP classified the SSD BD38, a semi-automatic replica of a German Second World War-era sub-machine gun, as a 'restricted' firearm, meaning that it had the same legal status as a handgun. That classification... [Global News (Canada), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Opinion: Gun Makers and the NRA Capitalise on Shooting Tragedy</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37397</link>
<author>Guardian (UK), Opinion,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After the Sandy Hook massacre when 20 school children were gunned down in their classrooms along with several of their teachers, many of us thought the country would finally wake up to the insanity of allowing civilians to arm themselves with weapons designed to inflict mass carnage. Instead, what we have seen is tragedy descend into farce as all efforts to pass sensible gun reform measures have collapsed and gun makers, their lobbyists and now security companies are... [Guardian (UK), Opinion, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>80-Yr-Old Indian Engineer Arrested for Supplying Arms Parts to Gang</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37394</link>
<author>DNA India (Mumbai),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An 80-year-old man from Dadar was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly supplying spare parts of imported weapons, arms and ammunition to a Uttar Pradesh-based gang. A joint team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad and Mumbai police also recovered spare parts of imported weapons and ammunition from his flat.

Senior inspector of Dadar police station Prakash Patil said that D'Souza was arrested from his fifth floor flat at Salvation Apartments in Agar Bazaar area.... [DNA India (Mumbai), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Canadian Man Jailed After Flouting Lifetime Weapons Ban for Third Time</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37410</link>
<author>Metro Canada,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Vancouver criminal who had already received two lifetime weapons bans was caught again with three illegal guns.

Police executed a search warrant on June 20 last year on a home where Victor Sharma lived with his late mother.

Police found a fairly large marijuana grow-op of 659 marijuana plants, worth an estimated $220,000, and a hydroelectric bypass.

Officers also found an illegal Ruger semi-automatic pistol with 13 live rounds loaded in a clip. The gun had its... [Metro Canada, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Banned Handguns, Rifles with No Crime Links Found in Canadian Home</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37388</link>
<author>CTV News (Toronto),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The London police drugs and guns unit seized over $5,000 worth of drugs, nine handguns and three assault rifles from a residence on William Street.

Police executed a search warrant at the London residence on Friday around 10 p.m.

Officers also found hundreds of rounds of ammunition and over $13,000 in cash.

Following a press conference on Monday afternoon, police released a list of all the firearms that were seized:

- Smith and Wesson .45 Calibre semi-automatic... [CTV News (Toronto), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Swedish Police Shoot Drunk Gun-Toting Man</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37382</link>
<author>Local (Sweden),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A drunk man was shot in the foot by police in Umeå in northern Sweden on Friday night after he pointed a pistol at them in an attempt to evade arrest.

"They determined that they were faced with a deadly threat," said Benny Ahlenius at Umeå police.

Police were called to an address in the Umedalen area of the city on Friday night following a report that a man had assaulted and threatened his wife.

When the police unit arrived the apparently drunk man pointed a gun at... [Local (Sweden), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Study Shows Gun Ownership Doesn&#39;t Preserve Freedom, Democracy</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37368</link>
<author>Atlantic (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After League City, Texas, became the first city in the state to pass a resolution effectively nullifying federal gun regulations in February, Councilwoman Heidi Thiess, who speared the motion, shared a quote. "Gen. Isoroku Yamamoto, who was the commander of Japan's WWII Combined Fleet, was asked why he never bothered to invade the U.S. after Pearl Harbor," she remarked. "And you know what he said? 'You can't invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind... [Atlantic (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Banned Gun Owner Accidentally Kills Self in Austria with Illegal Handgun</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37386</link>
<author>Croatian Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An Austrian man banned from owning a gun after police ruled that he was not mature enough accidentally shot himself in the head after buying an illegal handgun in his local pub.

38-year-old Walter Mainz proved that police had a point when he took the gun out to show his pals at his home in Löffelbach, Austria, and then removed the magazine believing this meant that the gun was unloaded.

But he didn't realise that one bullet was still inside the gun, and when he put... [Croatian Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>The Gun Fighter: Garen Wintemute&#39;s Battle for US Gun Violence Research</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37367</link>
<author>Nature,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With his crisp blue suit and wire-framed spectacles, Garen Wintemute hardly looked frightening as he stepped to the podium last month to address a conference on paediatric emergency medicine in San Francisco, California. But his presence there made the organizers nervous.

Wintemute, an emergency-department doctor, is better known as the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California (UC), Davis. As such, he has published dozens of... [Nature, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Turkish People Spent TL 117 Million on Guns in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37360</link>
<author>Today&#39;s Zaman (Istanbul),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Turkish people spent TL 117,922,000 on guns and bullets last year, with gun sales increasing by 54 percent, according to data from the state-owned Turkish Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE).

While a total of 19,575 handguns were sold in Turkey in 2011, the number of handguns sold last year rose to 30,207. The price of handguns ranges between TL 570 and TL 12,000. Of the 30,207 handguns, 21,464 were made in Turkey. A total of TL 57.8 million of revenue... [Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Concerns Grow Over Korean Gun Violence</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37354</link>
<author>Korea Herald,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Calls for more stringent regulations on guns are mounting in the wake of four shooting incidents within a month in a nation that many believed to be free from the dangers of firearms.

On Tuesday, a 42-year-old man shot a 38-year-old man who had an affair with his wife with an air gun in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. He had held the weapon for years to fend off wild animals.

The three other cases involved unauthorized guns. On the previous day, a man in his 30s... [Korea Herald, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Gun Pipeline: Mules Pay High Price for Smuggling on Canada Border</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37352</link>
<author>Toronto Star (Ontario),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chantelle Batte didn't know she had successfully smuggled a small arsenal of guns, including a machine gun with a silencer, into Canada until police showed up at her door and arrested her days later.

Batte, a single mom from Sarnia, is just one of the many people used to mule guns across the border each year.

An ongoing Star investigation reveals that border officers seize few of the guns destined for the criminal market in Toronto and across Ontario.

Today, we look... [Toronto Star (Ontario), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>India&#39;s Anti-Terrorist Squad Busts Gun Smuggling Gang</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37351</link>
<author>Pioneer (India),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - Sleuths of the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) arrested four persons and claimed to have busted a gang which is smuggling parts of arms from overseas and assembling them here to dispose it off later to hardened criminals at higher rates. They said to have recovered arms in large quantity besides equipments and tools used for assembling. 

Giving the details of the above development here on Thursday afternoon, ADG (law and order) Arun Kumar, said that the ATS is... [Pioneer (India), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Nepal Police Concerned Over Rise in Illegal Guns, Crime in Valley</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37338</link>
<author>Himalayan Times (Kathmandu),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Metropolitan Police Circle, Balaju, raided a rented house at Mitranagar, and rounded up four crime suspects with a cache of illegal weapons yesterday. 

Acting on intelligence input, an MPC team backed by local armed police had cordoned off the house late at night before carrying out a thorough search in all rooms. 

Officials informed that Yam Bahadur Thapa, 23, of Gorkha, his sister-in-law Alisha Gurung, 20, of Gorkha, Pankaj Malla, 19, of Banke and Rudra... [Himalayan Times (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Guns Easily Available in Côte D&#39;Ivoire Despite Embargo</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37347</link>
<author>IRIN (UN News),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ABIDJAN - Côte d'Ivoire's recent turbulence - including the ouster of president Henri Konan Bédié in 1999, a long-running insurgency and deadly poll unrest in 2011 - has left the country awash in arms, which have contributed to human rights abuses, widespread crime and persistent insecurity.

Two years after coming to power in 2000, Laurent Gbagbo's administration faced an army mutiny, which morphed into a full-scale rebellion. In response, the government underwent a... [IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>New Research Shows Gender Divide on Gun Control in US</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37317</link>
<author>Daily Mail (UK),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly two thirds of women favour stronger gun laws compared to just 44 per cent of men, a poll has revealed - highlighting the enduring gender divide over the issue.

The numbers, from a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, show that gun control could be yet another hurdle for Republicans in their battle to win female votes.

Experts note this divide has been a long-standing trend, with a Pew Research Center survey from March showing current gap is similar to that between... [Daily Mail (UK), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Australia Police Investigate Criminals Stealing Guns from Farmers</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37322</link>
<author>Herald Sun (Melbourne),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A police sting has uncovered a criminal network stealing guns from farmers.

The Herald Sun has been told Taskforce Griffin, set up in February, is probing a breakout in gun crime.

More than 100 firearms have been stolen in 41 burglaries, and there have been aggravated burglaries and two non-fatal shootings.

Detective Inspector Adrian Dalzotto, of the armed crime taskforce, said there were concerns the stolen guns, in particular the handguns, might have been sold on... [Herald Sun (Melbourne), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Licensed Gun Owner Used Legal Gun to Kill 14 in Serbian Mass Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37310</link>
<author>Guardian (UK),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Serbian veteran suspected of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage and then turning the gun on himself and his wife died on Thursday, hospital officials have said.

Belgrade Emergency hospital said Ljubisa Bogdanovic, 60, died from head wounds. His wife Javorka Bogdanovic, also 60, was recovering from surgery and in a stable condition.

Bogdanovic went on a pre-dawn house-to-house rampage on Tuesday, police said, killing his mother, his son and a two-year-old... [Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Serbia Considers New Gun Law After Mass Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37327</link>
<author>Balkan Insight (Sarajevo),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE - Milorad Veljovic, head of Serbian Police, said police were working on a draft Law on Weapons and Ammunition that would provide greater control over people who possess guns. "The draft will be passed to the government in the coming days," Veljovic said.

The move comes after a 60-year-old man, named only as Ljubisa B., went on the rampage on Tuesday morning, killing six men, six women and a boy aged two in Velika Ivanca, 60 kilometres south of... [Balkan Insight (Sarajevo), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Motives Unclear in Serbian Gunman&#39;s Rampage, Law Change Demanded</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37303</link>
<author>Montreal Gazette (Québec) / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Serbia held a national day of mourning Wednesday as police searched for possible motives in the Balkan nation's worst peacetime shooting massacre, which left 13 villagers dead and triggered demands for tighter gun-control laws.

Police say a 60-year-old veteran went on a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage Tuesday in a village near Belgrade, including killing his mother, his son and a two-year-old cousin before shooting himself and his wife. The two are in critical... [Montreal Gazette (Québec) / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>War-Affected Serbian Man Kills 13, Injures Self and Wife in Mass Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37299</link>
<author>CTV News (Toronto) / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[He went from house to house in the village at dawn, cold-bloodedly gunning down his mother, his son, a 2-year-old cousin and 10 other neighbours. Terrified residents said if a police patrol car hadn't shown up, they all would have been dead.

Police said they knew of no motive yet in the carnage Tuesday that left six men, six women and a child dead in Velika Ivanca, a Serbian village 50 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of Belgrade.

After the rampage, police said suspect... [CTV News (Toronto) / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>India Police say Criminals Trying to Buy Guns From Students</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37308</link>
<author>Times of India,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Police are worried over local criminals attempting to source guns from students from north India.

After several instances of students from Jharkhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh brandishing firearms and an engineering college student pistol-whipping a classmate and his friend in Maduravoyal on Thursday, police said they are keeping a close watch on students from outside Chennai.

Some students and former students from other cities have links with criminals in... [Times of India, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Russian Police Find World War II Gun Arsenal in Apartment</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37292</link>
<author>RIA Novosti (Russia),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KALININGRAD – Russian police in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad have discovered an arsenal of World War II firearms in an apartment belonging to a local resident, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.

"They found an MG 34 machinegun, MP 38 and MP 40 sub-machineguns, a PPSh sub-machinegun and also five bolts, three pistol grips with trigger mechanisms, and six gun barrels from an unidentified model. In addition, there were also 220 rounds of... [RIA Novosti (Russia), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Mayor Says NYC is Example on How to Combat Youth Gun Crime</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37284</link>
<author>Washington Post,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — New York City's mayor met Thursday with the parents of a Chicago girl killed just days after performing at President Barack Obama's inaugural festivities, then suggested that places interested in reducing gun violence might want to emulate the Big Apple, where studies have found teenagers are less likely to carry weapons than in any other major U.S. city.

The meeting between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the parents of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was... [Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Gun Running into Mexico on the Rise as US Admits Lack of Data on Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37283</link>
<author>San Marco Mercury,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the gun control debate swirls around issues like background checks and mental health, a new study reveals that gun running into Mexico remains a large-scale problem.

In their report, titled "The Way of the Gun," researchers at the University of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute estimated that as many as 253,000 firearms were purchased in the United States from 2010 to 2012 for the sole purpose of being trafficked across the border into Mexico. The figure is nearly... [San Marco Mercury, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Jilted Lover Kills Indian Girl&#39;s Dad, Injures Mom</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37279</link>
<author>Times of India,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NAGPUR - A 49-year-old office superintendent with joint director of technical education was shot with a country made revolver and stabbed to death by his daughter's male friend at his residence in ShriHarinagar near Manewada Ring road on Wednesday. YogeshDakhode's wife Kusum was also assaulted a number of times. The perpetrator Anwar Khan, 28, who was once in a relationship with Dakhodes' daughter, wanted to kill the girl too but was overpowered by neighbours before... [Times of India, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>NRA Publishes Study Claiming US Schools Need Armed Guards</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37272</link>
<author>Washington Post,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A 225-page study commissioned by the National Rifle Association has endorsed and amplified the gun rights group's immediate response to the mass killing in Newtown, Conn.: that all schools in the United States should have police or armed staff members trained to confront a shooter.

Although ostensibly independent of the NRA, the examination of school safety issues, released Tuesday, provides the organization with an alternative narrative to the various gun-control... [Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Corrupt Glock Police Pistol Deals Feed Philippine Crime Gun Market</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37240</link>
<author>Investvine (Hong Kong),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Austrian gun maker Glock has been accused of supplying the black market in the Philippines with firearms in deals that were originally sealed with the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Over the past years, Glock delivered several batches of its highly demanded 9mm pistols to the PNP. The most recent deal was 12,000 pistols worth around $30 million ordered by the country's police forces as a first shipment of the biggest firearms procurement of the PNP so far, delivered... [Investvine (Hong Kong), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Russians Debate the Right to Bear Arms After Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37235</link>
<author>Russia and India Report,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["If you outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns" – so goes the famous slogan of the National Rifle Association in the US. Until recently, few people thought that this would ever be a contentious issue in Russia. But the case of Alexandra Lotkova, a 21-year-old Moscow student, is stoking the fire of a debate that will eventually spill into the open.

Lotkova was jailed for three years this month because she injured a man with a shot from a travmatichesky pistol, or... [Russia and India Report, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>US Gun Deaths - and Tougher Laws - Shaped by Race</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37248</link>
<author>Japan Times / Washington Post,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Gun deaths are shaped by race in the United States: Whites are far more likely to shoot themselves, and blacks are far more likely to be shot by someone else.

The statistical difference is dramatic, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A white person is five times as likely to commit suicide with a gun as to be shot with a firearm, while for each African-American who uses a gun to kill... [Japan Times / Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Shootings on the Rise in Pakistan&#39;s Business Hub</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37233</link>
<author>BBC News,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Have you absolutely lost your mind?" That was my mother's predictable response.

"People are trying to get out of this god-forsaken city," she said, "and you are planning to come back!"

Her fears aren't entirely exaggerated. Facts speak for themselves: last year was the bloodiest year for Karachi in nearly two decades, with about 2,000 people killed in drive-by shootings, bombings, and revenge attacks.

That is based on reported figures. A lot of threats, extortion... [BBC News, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Child-Proof Medicine Bottles Save Lives. So Could Child-Proof Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37227</link>
<author>New York Times, Opinion,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For nearly two months, my assistant, Jennifer Mascia, and I have been publishing a daily blog in which we aggregate articles about shootings from the previous day. Of all the stories we link to, the ones I find hardest to read are those about young children who accidentally shoot themselves or another child. They just break my heart. Yet Jennifer and I find new examples almost every day.

Partly, I react by thinking, "How can anyone be so stupid as to leave a loaded gun... [New York Times, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>One Stolen Gun Blazes a Violent Path – A Typical Tale from Any City</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37222</link>
<author>Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas Allen Hoffman was looking for a "cheapie."

In the spring of 2007, he browsed a North Mankato gun dealer's collection for a Hi-Point pistol, one of the least expensive handguns on the market.

Hoffman wanted the gun for personal protection.

He paid $150 to the Red Bear Hunting Emporium and took home a Hi-Point C-9 9mm semiautomatic pistol, serial #P1352366. But soon the gun was stolen, changed hands, then changed hands again, spiraling beyond the bounds of... [Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Two Arrested Over Illegal Manufacture and Sale of Guns in Ghana</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37229</link>
<author>Vibe Ghana,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prosper Adewornu alias Dzakpasu Kofi 50, a Blacksmith and his son Safari Daworlo 21, Auto Mechanic and Blacksmith, have been arrested for allegedly manufacturing and selling guns and gun parts at Kakadedzi on Ghana-Togo border.

Two locally manufactured pistols, seven old locally made shotguns and two foreign shotguns, six BB-short-barrel gun cartridges and 39 empty cartridges were retrieved from them.

A grinder, metal boring machine, hammers, a newly made shotgun... [Vibe Ghana, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Canada Police Seize Loaded Assault Weapon in Trafficking Bust</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37215</link>
<author>Edmonton Journal (Alberta),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Calgary police were disturbed to find a loaded AK-47 assault rifle — the first weapon of its kind seized in the city in recent years — during a recent trafficking bust.

"It's shocking we found such a high-calibre weapon in the hands of criminals," said Staff Sgt. Steven Drennan with the Calgary Police Service's guns and gangs unit.

While the city has seen a growing weapons trade over the years, this is the first time in recent history a genuine high calibre AK-47... [Edmonton Journal (Alberta), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>The Gunmakers of the Philippines</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37208</link>
<author>BBC News,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CEBU, Philippines - A shot rings out from a factory on the outskirts of the Philippines' second-biggest city, Cebu.

But this isn't an all-too-frequent drive-by killing or an argument that has become violent.

The sound is from a testing range at Shooters Arms, the country's second-largest gun factory.

Shooters Arms produces about 20,000 pistols and shotguns every year, 85% of which are sold abroad - mainly to the US, Canada, Italy and Thailand.

Operations manager... [BBC News, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Canadian Regional Police Uncover Huge Stash of Firearms</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37203</link>
<author>Oshawa Express (Ontario),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Durham Regional Police Inspector Mario Lessard of the Criminal Intelligence Branch was surrounded by a room full of guns.

There were weapons strewn about everywhere, all part of a massive seizure.

Grenades, landmines, 67 guns and a small cannon were recently found in a Bancroft home where a couple now faces more than 600 charges as a result.

But what does Durham have to do with this? According to Insp. Lessard, Durham is a member of the Provincial Weapons Enforcement... [Oshawa Express (Ontario), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>The Need for Improved Firearms Control in South Africa - Analysis</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37182</link>
<author>Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In his affidavit before the court, South African 2012 Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius stated that he kept a 9mm pistol underneath his bed because he was scared of criminals.

Following the events in the early hours of 14 February 2013 that saw him fatally shoot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, he now faces charges of murder. This is not the first such case. In 2009 Johannesburg homeowner Warren Voster accidentally killed his domestic worker's 12-year-old... [Institute for Security Studies (Tshwane/Pretoria), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Easily Available Home-made Handguns, 1st Choice of Criminals in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37159</link>
<author>Kantipur (Nepal),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PARSA - An 18-year-old boy brandished a pistol to threaten one of his friends over a minor dispute while playing snooker at Maisthan in Birgunj last Thursday.

Fortunately, the situation was brought under control as police reached the incident site immediately. The boy, however, managed to flee the scene upon seeing the police personnel.

On August 24, 2012, Rama Shankar Mandal, general secretary of the Madhesi Factory Workers' Forum, was shot dead by an unidentified... [Kantipur (Nepal), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Nepal Decides to Endorse UN Small Arms Treaty</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37174</link>
<author>Xinhua,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - With the objective of controlling the illegal trade of small arms like pistol, Nepal has decided to endorse the UN small arms convention which is being discussed among the UN members at present.

"Nepal supports the bid to regulate and control the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons," the Kathmandu Post quoted a government official, as saying, on Saturday.

"It is of prime importance that the small arms do not reach the non-state actors, who may... [Xinhua, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Trading Handguns for Bicycles, Laptops in Uruguay</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37165</link>
<author>Smart Planet,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES — Walking along the riverfront boardwalk in Uruguay's sleepy capital city of Montevideo, it's hard to imagine anything drastic happening, much less a murder. Save for the occasional jogger, the majority of people on the rambla engage in the most Uruguayan of activities: sitting and chatting while drinking the herbal infusion mate from a calabash gourd. It is tranquilo by any definition.

But Uruguay has been experiencing a murder wave of sorts. In this... [Smart Planet, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Customs Seize Four Guns Smuggled into Philippines with Rice, Sugar</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37157</link>
<author>Sun Star (Philippines),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu yesterday seized smuggled rice, sugar, guns, a motorcycle, bags and fashion accessories in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu.

It said the confiscated goods were worth a total of P116 million.

Top BOC officials began by examining 10 20-foot cargo containers, which held allegedly smuggled rice valued at P10 million. They then proceeded to examine four other 20-foot containers containing P5 million worth of sugar, which they also... [Sun Star (Philippines), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>US Lobby Objects to Using Civilian Gun Fees for Seizing Crime Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37147</link>
<author>Los Angeles Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO — Enforce the laws already on the books. Take away the criminals' weapons, not the law-abiding citizens'. Sound familiar? It's the mantra of the gun lobby.

That is, until the government actually attempts to do it. Then the lobby changes its lyrics.

It seemed surreal listening to lobbyists for gun rights groups Monday, as if the ears were playing tricks. They testified at a state Senate Budget Committee hearing in opposition to legislation that would spend... [Los Angeles Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Guns Easily Available in Nepal, Especially Among Youth</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37144</link>
<author>República (Kathmandu),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DHANGADHI - Authorities have expressed concerns over the spike in criminal activities resulting from the increased possession of small arms among youths in Kailali district. Easy availability of weapons across the border (in India) and the weapons left lying around from the insurgency period have been blamed for the problem.

"Nowadays the Dhangadhi town has been witnessing increasing number of criminal activities and small arms have been used in many of such... [República (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Nepal Govt Asks Citizens to Submit Illegal Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37135</link>
<author>Himalayan Times (Kathmandu),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The Ministry of Home Affairs today appealed to all concerned to submit all types of weapons, both small and large, to the concerned District Administration Office, District Police Office or the nearest police unit by March 28, failing which legal action under the Arms and Ammunition Act-1963 would be initiated.

The move follows the growing possession and use of unlicenced weapons, small arms in particular, among the persons with criminal mindset to disturb... [Himalayan Times (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Number of Illegally Held Guns Leads to Month Amnesty in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37130</link>
<author>Himalayan Times (Kathmandu),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - The Ministry of Home Affairs today appealed to all concerned to submit all types of weapons, both small and large, to the concerned District Administration Office, District Police Office or the nearest police unit by March 28, failing which legal action under the Arms and Ammunition Act-1963 would be initiated.

The move follows the growing possession and use of unlicenced weapons, small arms in particular, among the persons with criminal mindset to disturb... [Himalayan Times (Kathmandu), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Editorial: Violent, Drunk And Holding A Gun in the US</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37104</link>
<author>New York Times, Editorial,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Multiple mass shootings by deranged young men have made keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people a big part of the gun debate.

Given the enormity of those crimes, that is understandable. Federal law does, in fact, prohibit gun ownership by mentally ill people if a judge has found them to be dangerous or they have been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. President Obama has also issued executive orders to ensure that federal background checks... [New York Times, Editorial, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Trinidad Official Thinks Gun Laws Don&#39;t Go Far Enough</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37086</link>
<author>Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the Government battles unbridled gun violence, national security adviser Gary Griffith says guns don't kill people, people kill people. On Friday, Olympic blade runner Oscar Pistorius appeared before the court in South Africa charged with the murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp who had been shot four times with Pistorius' licensed gun. 
 
In South Africa where levels of crime are extremely high, many private citizens have licensed guns. But the... [Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>South Africa&#39;s Oscar Pistorius Applied for Six Restricted Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37090</link>
<author>Independent (South Africa),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pretoria - Oscar Pistorius applied for six separate firearm licences in January. Less than a month later, he stands accused of fatally shooting his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The killing took place during the early hours of Thursday at his luxury home in Pretoria.

On Tuesday, as the Paralympian prepares to show compelling reasons why he should be released on bail, The Star can reveal that Pistorius applied for licences for the following firearms:

- A Maverick... [Independent (South Africa), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Japanese Turn &#39;Gun Ho&#39; in Guam but Prefer Own Gun Culture</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37073</link>
<author>Japan Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TAMUNING, Guam – Their well-equipped arsenals offer everything from tiny revolvers for ladies to Berettas, Glocks, semiautomatic pistols and M16 military assault rifles. If kids can see over the counter, they're welcome too.

Forget the white sandy beaches, coral reefs and laid-back island culture. For many Japanese tourists, the biggest thrill on Guam is the chance to shoot a gun at one of its ubiquitous ranges, dozens of which are tucked between upscale shopping... [Japan Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How Strict Are South African Gun Laws?</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37101</link>
<author>Time (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder by a South African court following the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, from gunshot wounds at his home within a gated Pretoria housing estate. The woman sustained wounds to her head and the upper body, and was reported to have been shot four times. A 9mm pistol was recovered from the scene.

According to Gunpolicy.org, there are just under 6 million licensed firearms in South Africa, which has a... [Time (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>US Pre-Teens Take Handgun, Knife to School, Plan to Kill Schoolmate</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37074</link>
<author>Reuters,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two fifth-grade boys are in custody in Washington state after they brought a knife and gun to school with the goal of killing a schoolmate in a foiled murder plot that shocked their rural town because of their youth, prosecutors said on Friday.

The boys, accused of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder despite their tender ages of 10 and 11, also planned to harm other students by luring them away one at a time, said Tim Rasmussen, a Stevens County prosecuting... [Reuters, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Murder-Accused South African Athlete &#39;Enjoys&#39; Target Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37063</link>
<author>Guardian (UK), Video,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oscar Pistorius the Paralympic star and inspiration to millions around the world, was contemplating his future from a police cell on Thursday night after being charged with murdering his girlfriend.

In a drama that stunned South Africa and admirers abroad, Pistorius allegedly fired four bullets into Reeva Steenkamp's head, chest and arm at his home in the capital, Pretoria, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The life of the glamorous athlete, known as the Blade... [Guardian (UK), Video, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Reducing Gun Access Could Lower US Suicide Rate</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37066</link>
<author>New York Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DAYTON, Wyoming — Craig Reichert found his son's body on a winter morning, lying on the floor as if he were napping with his great-uncle's pistol under his knee. The 911 dispatcher told him to administer CPR, but Mr. Reichert, who has had emergency training, told her it was too late. His son, Kameron, 17, was already cold to the touch.

Guns are like a grandmother's diamonds in the Reichert family, heirlooms that carry memory and tradition. They are used on the... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Mexican Artist Turns Guns Into Musical Instruments</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37059</link>
<author>New York Times / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — The guns that have caused so many deaths in northern Mexico are now making music.

Mechanical hammers ping against ammunition magazines from assault rifles. Gun barrels cut to different lengths ring like marimbas. Pistol parts strike metal plates, like cymbals, to create rhythmic, syncopated sounds.

"It's important to consider that many lives were taken with these weapons, as if a sort of exorcism was taking place," sculptor Pedro Reyes said in a... [New York Times / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Illicit Gun Trade in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Lucrative Business</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37052</link>
<author>al Jazeera,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia - The car barely came to a stop when a hand softly knocked at the tinted passenger seat window. The window rolled down, revealing a tall, skinny figure wearing a half-buttoned, baggy polyester shirt, a red sarong, and pink sandals - and holding a rusty AK-47 in his left hand.

"Seven-hundred fifty dollars," he said in a firm voice, barely making eye contact, before dropping the fully loaded gun onto this reporter's lap. Another 10 men came rushing... [al Jazeera, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Switzerland Guns: Living with Firearms the Swiss Way</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37049</link>
<author>BBC News,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but little gun-related street crime - so some opponents of gun control hail it as a place where firearms play a positive role in society. However, Swiss gun culture is unique, and guns are more tightly regulated than many assume.

Throughout the attack, Anne Ithen kept her eyes shut.

"I didn't want to see it. I didn't want those images in my head for the rest of my life… but I remember... [BBC News, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Female Gun Ownership in US About Protection, Power</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37047</link>
<author>New York Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Mary Ann Froebe stood feet apart with knees slightly bent and aimed the .22-caliber Ruger semiautomatic.

"You've got some adrenaline running through you right now," said Esther Beris, the coordinator of the northeastern Ohio chapter of A Girl and a Gun Women's Shooting League. "It's O.K., just relax."

Ms. Froebe, 42, a small-business owner who described herself as a "virgin gun shooter," concentrated and pulled the trigger. "It was awesome," she... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How the Gun-Control Movement in America Got Smart</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37039</link>
<author>Atlantic (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here is how advocates of gun control used to talk about their cause: They openly disputed that the Second Amendment conferred the right to own a gun. Their major policy goals were to make handguns illegal and enroll all U.S. gun owners in a federal database. The group now known as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence was once known as Handgun Control Inc.; a 2001 book by the executive director of the Violence Policy Center was entitled Every Handgun Is Aimed at... [Atlantic (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>13 Key Questions and Answers about US Gun Violence</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37031</link>
<author>Atlantic (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How much gun violence is there in the U.S.?

There were 8,583 homicides by firearms in 2011, out of 12,664 homicides total, according to the FBI. This means that more than two-thirds of homicides involve a firearm. 6,220 of those homicides by firearm (72%) are known to have involved a handgun.

It's worth noting that violent crime rates of all types have been steadily decreasing since the early 1990s. No one is quite sure what is causing this decrease, though there are... [Atlantic (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>UK Officials Say Most Gun Crime Traced to Under 1,000 Illegal Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37029</link>
<author>Washington Post,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON — When police on a weapons raid swarmed a housing project after London's 2011 riots, they seized a cache of arms that in the United States might be better suited to "Antiques Roadshow" than inner-city ganglands. Inside plastic bags hidden in a trash collection room, officers uncovered two archaic flintlock pistols, retrofitted flare guns and a Jesse James-style revolver.

These days, that kind of antiquated firepower is about the baddest a British gang member... [Washington Post, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How the AR-15 Became the Most Wanted Gun in America</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37020</link>
<author>New York Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PASADENA, Maryland - The phone rings again at Pasadena Pawn and Gun, and a familiar question comes down the line: "Got any ARs?"

The answer is no. Pasadena Pawn and Gun, a gun retailer and pawnshop 15 miles south of Baltimore, is pretty much sold out of America's most wanted gun, the AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. Since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December, the AR-15, the military-style weapon that the police say was used in the shootings, has been selling... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>1,400 Illegal Guns Seized Over Two Years in Ireland</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37018</link>
<author>Independent (Dublin),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gardai have seized more than 1,400 illegal guns over a two-year period including assault rifles and automatic weapons.

A detailed list of the types of guns seized in 2010 and 2011 shows the frightening arsenal of weapons available to the State's most ruthless criminal gangs.

They include sub-machine guns and automatic weapons commonly used by armed police forces and the military.

The latest figures show that almost 300 shotguns similar to the one used to murder... [Independent (Dublin), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37018</guid>
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<title>Fact-Check: Dispelling Pro-Gun Myths in America</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37028</link>
<author>Mother Jones (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of gun violence what climate deniers have done to the science of global warming. No wonder: When it comes to hard numbers, some of the gun lobby's favorite arguments are full of holes.

Myth #1: They're coming for your guns.
Fact-check: No one knows the exact number of guns in America, but it's clear there's no practical way... [Mother Jones (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers and Sell Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37023</link>
<author>EuroGamer,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The American confectionery company Victoria Sweets claims to have invented the candy cigarette. A thin stick of chocolate, wrapped in edible paper and designed to impersonate a roll-up, it debuted in 1915 and soon became the accessory of choice for children keen to play grown-up. Hollywood star, GI Joe, team captain: the sweet gave kids the chance try out one of the vogue props of adulthood.

Within 20 years it was so popular that cigarette companies began to take... [EuroGamer, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Expert Clears Up &#39;Misrepresentations&#39; of Australian Gun Data</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37022</link>
<author>Courier-Mail (Brisbane),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With the debate raging in the US over firearms laws, several misperceptions are being aired in their media about guns and their relationship to crime in Australia.

Some misrepresentations are linked to reports and statistics published by the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Older data and findings from the early-2000s are being used to argue that the Howard government gun reforms had little effect on violent crime in Australia.

Australia is often cited in the US... [Courier-Mail (Brisbane), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37022</guid>
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<title>Jamaica Police Seize Semi-Auto Pistol, Homemade Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/37009</link>
<author>Go Jamaica,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Four persons are now in police custody in connection with the seizure of four illegal guns in separate incidents yesterday. 

The police report that a man and a woman were arrested after a .45 semi-automatic pistol with serial number erased, along with three .45 cartridges was found in a car along Maxfield Avenue yesterday. 

According to reports from the Constabulary Communications Network, three homemade firearms were also seized in separate operations in St. James... [Go Jamaica, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Personalised Guns Delayed by US Gun Lobby Boycotts</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36990</link>
<author>Washington Post / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — It sounds, at first, like a bold, next-generation solution: personalizing guns with technology that keeps them from firing if they ever get into the wrong hands.

But when the White House called for pushing ahead with such new technology as part of President Obama's plan to cut gun violence, the administration did not mention the concept's embattled past. As with so much else in the nation's long-running divisions over gun rights and regulation, what sounds... [Washington Post / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36990</guid>
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<title>Philippines Police Bust Illegal Gun Manufacturers, Seize Parts</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36997</link>
<author>Inquirer News (Philippines),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eight were arrested and several firearms, gun parts and equipment valued at around P1 million were seized in two separate raids described by police as a big blow in the illegal production of firearms in Danao City, northern Cebu.

The operations were conducted by operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) last Thursday afternoon in sitio Canbiohan, barangay Poblacion, Danao.

Those arrested were identified as Jaime... [Inquirer News (Philippines), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36997</guid>
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<title>Gun Lobby Funds Recruitment Drive for Kids Using Games, Peers</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36988</link>
<author>New York Times, Series,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Threatened by long-term declining participation in shooting sports, the firearms industry has poured millions of dollars into a broad campaign to ensure its future by getting guns into the hands of more, and younger, children.

The industry's strategies include giving firearms, ammunition and cash to youth groups; weakening state restrictions on hunting by young children; marketing an affordable military-style rifle for "junior shooters" and sponsoring... [New York Times, Series, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36988</guid>
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<title>Welsh Man Finds Over 30 Guns Hidden in Wall While Renovating</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36985</link>
<author>Wales Online,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sheer scale of a secret arsenal of guns and ammunition uncovered hidden behind a false wall by a builder renovating a house has been revealed.

These pictures show the secret haul of more than 30 shotguns and pistols as well as hundreds of rounds of ammunition that Simon Berni, 41, was shocked to discover.

He said: "It was an incredible arsenal – full, absolutely choc-a-bloc with eight shelves of fire arms and ammunition."

Police are investigating the gun stache... [Wales Online, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Three Shot and Injured at Texas University</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36971</link>
<author>BBC News,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Three people were injured as gunfire rang out during an argument at a college in the US state of Texas, say police.

A sheriff's official said both people involved in the altercation at Lone Star College in the Houston area were wounded and taken to hospital.

A college maintenance man was also injured in the cross-fire.

The latest in a series of US shootings, it comes amid a push for gun control by the Obama administration.

Hiding under table
Lone Star College's... [BBC News, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Action on Bullets Missing from US Gun Debate, say Police</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36979</link>
<author>Reuters,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bullets are one thing Sacramento Police Detective Greg Halstead can count on to root out weapons that otherwise would be impossible to find. They are also largely missing from the gun control debate in Washington.

Since 2008, California's capital has required ammunition dealers to take names and thumbprints of bullet buyers. They send the information electronically to police computers, which compare the names to an FBI criminal database.

Halstead begins his day... [Reuters, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Getting the Facts to Reduce US Gun Violence</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36961</link>
<author>New Yorker, Blog,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With opponents of gun control already trotting out the line that President Obama's new proposals aren't worth pursuing because they won't work, it is worth recalling the famous words of Mr. Gradgrind, the dictatorial headmaster in Dickens's "Hard Times": "Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts:... [New Yorker, Blog, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Iceland: Plenty Of Guns, But Hardly Any Violence</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36967</link>
<author>International Business Times (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The tragic shooting deaths of 26 people, including 20 small children, at an elementary school in Connecticut last year has cast a harsh glare on U.S. gun laws and the political power and influence of the National Rifle Association.

Even a political leader in Iceland, a tiny island country of only about 320,000 souls near the Arctic Ocean, has weighed in on the controversy surrounding America's obsession with guns.

According to the Reykjavik Grapevine newspaper,... [International Business Times (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
<guid>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36967</guid>
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<title>Interactive Display: US Gun Laws by State</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36966</link>
<author>Guardian (UK),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama has indicated a move towards strengthening federal gun control measures, but the reality is that the majority of gun legislation in the US is enacted at the state level. That has brought broad variations across the country, with states taking different approaches to issues ranging from sales, permits, licensing, self-defence and carry laws.

Carrying firearms: open and concealed
Open-carry and concealed-carry laws determine how public citizens can carry... [Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>British Armed Forces Get 25,000 New Pistols</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36930</link>
<author>BBC News,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[British forces are to be equipped with a new standard issue pistol for the first time in more than 40 years.

The MoD has signed a £9m contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new Glock 17 sidearms, replacing the Browning pistol which has been in service since 1967.

Warrant Officer 1 Mark Anderson of the Royal Marines showed the BBC's defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt the features of the new... [BBC News, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Special Investigation: How Smugglers are Flooding Kenya with Guns</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36916</link>
<author>Star (Kenya), Series,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are estimated 530,000-680,000 firearms in the wrong hands in Kenya. The number of illegal arms has grown over the years and is said to fuel the conflicts witnessed within Kenya and the region.

In an investigation that took close to a year, our correspondent Kassim Mohamed tracked down some of the people who smuggle small arms and light weapons into Kenya and unveils a dangerous trend that can affect the current peace if nothing is done by not just the Kenyan... [Star (Kenya), Series, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Firearm Ownership, Trends Remain Unchanged in Estonia</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36911</link>
<author>ERR News (Estonia),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While fears of possible changes to gun laws have prompted some Americans to make a run on semi-automatic weapons, Estonian gun ownership numbers remain relatively low and are holding steady.

ERR radio reported the number of legal guns in the past seven to eight years to be stable at 60,000 guns in the hands of 30,000 people, half of them hunters.

Police captain Sven Põierpaas estimated this number to be "optimal."

"Estonians are reasonable and balanced,... [ERR News (Estonia), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>South Africa Police Fatally Shoot Thief with Banned Replica Gun</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36910</link>
<author>Independent (South Africa) / Sunday Tribune (South Africa),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite legislation to prevent the production and sale of exact-replica toy guns, lifelike copies flood into the country and invariably find their way into the hands of criminals who pass them off as the real thing.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Westville police shot and killed a man who allegedly raised a replica toy gun and pointed it at them.

The man was one of three who had allegedly broken into a home in Westville and fled with garden tools and a... [Independent (South Africa) / Sunday Tribune (South Africa), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Turkey&#39;s Gun Regulation Remains Lax, Mental Health Checks a &#39;Formality&#39;</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36909</link>
<author>Today&#39;s Zaman (Istanbul),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Things just aren't what they used to be," may seem like a knee-jerk truism in Turkey, but few seem to say it with more conviction than Fatih Demirok, a counter clerk at a gun store in İstanbul's old banking and warehouse district of Karaköy.

"Things have changed quite a bit in the gun industry. You can't just walk in and buy a gun these days," the 25 year old says from behind a counter of neatly arrayed shotguns and hunting rifles. "There's a detailed process with... [Today's Zaman (Istanbul), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Even Gangsters Live in Fear of Japan&#39;s Gun Laws</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36905</link>
<author>Japan Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's almost impossible to get to a gun in Japan, and selling one or owning one is a serious crime. Fire the gun? Possibly life imprisonment. Gun-control laws are taken so seriously that police will pursue a violator all the way to the grave — and maybe beyond.

The rationale for this is simple: "Of course, guns don't kill people; people kill people — guns just make it a lot easier to kill a lot of people. That's why Japan bans them and that's why my job was catching... [Japan Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Restricted Guns Easily Available Online in China</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36908</link>
<author>Olympian (Washington),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to buy illegal drugs in China? No problem – just go to the wild and woolly Internet here and order a $50 or $100 package of methamphetamines, ecstasy or cocaine. It'll be delivered to your door within hours!

"Our company has delivery stations in every part of China," boasts one Chinese-language website, with photos of illegal narcotics it sells. "We offer 24-hour delivery service to your door, and we have long-term and consistent supplies. If you just make one... [Olympian (Washington), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>8 Dead in Philippines Shooting, Unlicensed Guns Rife Say Police</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36900</link>
<author>CBC News (Canada) / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A man with domestic problems fatally shot eight people, including a pregnant woman and two children, after taking alcohol and drugs in a rampage Friday near the Philippine capital that ended when he was shot dead by police, officials said.

At least eight other people were wounded in Kawit township, about 16 kilometres south of Manila, Cavite provincial Gov. Jonvic Remulla said.

The violence happened days after the death of a 7-year-old girl who was hit in the head by... [CBC News (Canada) / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Gunman Kills 7, Injures 6 in Philippines Town of Kawit</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36879</link>
<author>BBC News / AP,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A gunman has opened fire in a town near the Philippine capital, Manila, killing at least seven people and wounding six before being shot dead by police.

The gunman, reported to be a former local election candidate, ran through the streets of Kawit, 40km (25 miles) south of Manila, shooting at random.

A seven-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were among the dead, police said.

They are searching for an accomplice who reportedly helped the gunman load his... [BBC News / AP, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Gun, Ammo, Bulletproof Gear Sales Rocket in US Due to Fears of Ban</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36873</link>
<author>CBS News (USA) / Associated Press,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing. Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho gun shop had firearms in stock. Others clamored to find out if their orders had been shipped.

Overwhelmed, gun store manager Ryan Horsley had to do what no employee would ever think of doing just days before Christmas: He disconnected the phone lines for three whole days.

"We had to shut everything off," says Horsley, whose... [CBS News (USA) / Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Tough Gun Control Laws in South America</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36870</link>
<author>I Love Chile, Opinion,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO — It is interesting to have a look at firearms legislation in South America, where street gangs and violence is commonplace. According to a study done at Universidad de Chile, the number of incidents of handgun use is higher in regions with low levels of education, high poverty and unemployment, and a younger population. It is not surprising that the most vulnerable zones in this matter are Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.

In Brazil, the minimum age required... [I Love Chile, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Brazil Should Continue Responsible Gun Control, Reduce Deaths Further</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36868</link>
<author>Rio Times, Opinion,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Last week's slaughter of twenty elementary school children in the United States has tragic echoes with the massacre in Realengo, Rio de Janeiro earlier this year. At 8:30 AM on April 7th, Wellington Oliveira calmly walked into a classroom with two .38 and .32 caliber handguns, and shot twelve children dead.

At least sixty shots were fired and twenty boys and girls were critically wounded. It was the worst school massacre in Brazilian history.... [Rio Times, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>India&#39;s Growing Gun Culture, 40 Million Firearms &#39;A Concern&#39;</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36860</link>
<author>Gulf News (Dubai),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At about noon on November 17, Ponty Chadha, 55, a shady liquor baron, was gunned down outside his family farmhouse near New Delhi — by his brother, Hardeep Chadha, who was in turn was killed by the billionaire's guards. The feud centred on a property dispute. Things came to a head after Ponty asked his guards to deface the farmhouse board carrying Hardeep's name. When the younger brother got wind of this, he rushed to the spot and opened fire. Fifteen slugs were... [Gulf News (Dubai), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How US Congress Blocked Gun Violence Research in &#39;Ugly Campaign&#39;</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36856</link>
<author>Slate (USA),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, calls for gun-control legislation have begun. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on NBC's Meet the Press that she plans to introduce a bill to ban assault weapons. Even West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who calls himself a gun supporter, says he sees no reason for these types of weapons.

But as Congress considers new laws, the scientific research we need to craft the best policies is in short... [Slate (USA), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Why Japan Is So Safe From Guns - Opinion</title>
<link>http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/36842</link>
<author>New York Daily News, Opinion,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to live in a country that never has any mass shootings.

The Japanese do. So, what's their secret?

It's not hard to figure out: Japan stringently suppresses gun ownership. Even compared to the United Kingdom, whose gun controls are the most repressive of any major country in Western Europe, Japan is extreme. No rifles. No handguns. Shotguns and air guns are allowed only under a licensing system that is designed to discourage everyone but the most highly... [New York Daily News, Opinion, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Homicides Down after Tougher Gun Laws Adopted Abroad</title>
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<author>Los Angeles Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Twelve days after the worst mass murder in Australian history, when 35 people were shot to death at Tasmania state's Port Arthur tourist mecca in  1996, the government issued sweeping reforms of the country's gun laws. There hasn't been a mass shooting since, and suicides, deaths by firearms and robberies at gunpoint have plummeted.

The results of toughened gun rules in Britain after the massacre in the Scottish town of Dunblane that same year weren't so immediate or... [Los Angeles Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>How US, Middle East Gun Laws Measure Up</title>
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<author>Al Arabiya (Dubai),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fatal Dec. 14 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut which claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 innocent children under 10 once again brought to light the dilemma of gun ownership in the United States and despite the fact that it received no response from the gun rights advocates but a deafening silence, laid emphasis on the necessity for the United States to revise its gun policies. 

The shooting rampage, in which a mentally... [Al Arabiya (Dubai), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Around the World, Gun Massacres Spurred Gun Control, Public Safety</title>
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<author>ABC News (USA) / AP,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If there's anywhere that understands the pain of Newtown, it's Dunblane, the town whose grief became a catalyst for changes to Britain's gun laws.

In March 1996, a 43-year-old man named Thomas Hamilton walked into a primary school in this central Scotland town of 8,000 people and shot to death 16 kindergarten-age children and their teacher with four legally held handguns. In the weeks that followed, people in the town formed the Snowdrop campaign — named for the... [ABC News (USA) / AP, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Big US Gun Company Up for Sale Under Ethics Pressure from Investors</title>
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<author>New York Times,  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sitting in their offices high above Park Avenue late on Monday, the private equity executives who own the country's largest gun company received a phone call from one of their most influential investors.

An official at the California teachers' pension fund, which has $750 million invested with the private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, was on the line, raising questions about the firm's ownership of the Freedom Group, the gun maker that made the rifle used... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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<title>Israel Gun Control Regulations &#39;Opposite of US&#39;</title>
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<author>Jerusalem Post (Israel),  via GunPolicy.org</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no full-auto Friday or Ladies night at the "Lahav" gun store in TA, a store that bears little resemblance to its US counterparts.

A gun lover's dream or a stringently controlled police state that would make a National Rifle Association supporter's blood boil? In recent days, following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 dead, including 20 children, Israel has been mentioned as a country awash in guns yet still free of such random massacres. Many... [Jerusalem Post (Israel), via GunPolicy.org]]]></description>
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