http://www.gunpolicy.org/ Daily gun news, small arms policy and firearm violence prevention news. en-au Copyright 2007 gunpolicy.org Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:22:01 GMT www.gunpolicy.org/contactus.php http://www.gunpolicy.org/images/gpo_logo.gif http://www.gunpolicy.org/ 60 http://www.azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_bcbd07f5-a4ef-59c4-b058-a0f4f3fd8748.html Daily Sun (Arizona) / Capitol Media Services, via gunpolicy.org PHOENIX, Arizona - A Senate panel agreed Monday that any Arizona adult should be able to carry a concealed weapon without special training or background check. The 4-3 vote would create a major loophole in the existing laws that require those who want to have a hidden weapon to undergo special training. This includes classes on when people can legally use deadly force as well as marksmanship.... [Daily Sun (Arizona) / Capitol Media Services, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_bcbd07f5-a4ef-59c4-b058-a0f4f3fd8748.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/82443812.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UUULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Column, via gunpolicy.org It is hypocritical for lawmakers to decry steps not taken to prevent Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding NWA Flight 253 on Christmas Day when they willfully ignore other glaring holes in Americans' security. A security risk big enough to accommodate a jumbo jet full of terrorists is the failure, both in federal and most state laws, to mandate background checks at gun shows when the seller... [Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Column, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/82443812.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UUULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/opinion/09collins.html New York Times, Opinion, via gunpolicy.org In our search for comity and common ground this year, perhaps we can all agree that professional athletes should try to reduce the use of firearms to resolve personal disputes in 2010. You may have heard that the Washington Wizards are engulfed in a crisis over Gilbert Arenas, one of the team's star players. His fight with a teammate over a gambling debt led to a display of handguns in the... [New York Times, Opinion, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/opinion/09collins.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/20/2009-12-20_gun_sales_probe_cost_15m.html?r=news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fnews+%28News%29 New York Daily News, via gunpolicy.org Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against guns comes with a price tag attached. Bills obtained by the Daily News show the city Law Department has paid almost $1.5 million to Kroll Associates, a high-end detective firm, for its undercover probe of out-of-state gun sales. The mayor announced the results of that investigation with a big splash in October, playing secretly recorded videos of... [New York Daily News, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/20/2009-12-20_gun_sales_probe_cost_15m.html?r=news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fnews+%28News%29 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.dailypress.com/topic/wpix-pix-investigates-gun-control-2,0,4023446.story Daily Press, via gunpolicy.org NEW YORK - Hundreds of guns are seized in New York City everyday by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Semi-automatic pistols are the most popular crime guns that are recovered on the streets of New York today. In fact, it was the same type of gun used in Times Square last Thursday, when a street peddler tried to take on a New York City police sergeant and... [Daily Press, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.dailypress.com/topic/wpix-pix-investigates-gun-control-2,0,4023446.story Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/79378012.html San Antonio Express News (Texas), via gunpolicy.org Gun-control advocates Tuesday promoted a recent federal law that encourages states to report people with severe mental illnesses to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The NICS, established in 1998, is used by licensed gun dealers to check records on people who might be disqualified from buying firearms. People deemed "mentally defective" or who have been... [San Antonio Express News (Texas), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/79378012.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-guns16-2009dec16,0,641659.story Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org Gun control is one of those culture-wars issues on which liberals and conservatives often don't even seem to be speaking the same language, let alone coming to consensus. Gun owners -- especially the hard-core enthusiasts who belong to the National Rifle Assn. -- are often thought to oppose any restriction on their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. Except that, according to a recent poll, they don't.... [Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-guns16-2009dec16,0,641659.story Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_3f479667-0c46-5364-8c6d-07a44523e10e.html Cap Times (Wisconsin), via gunpolicy.org Earlier this fall, while scanning the merchandise at a state gun show for an antique handgun, longtime gun enthusiast Guy Gorsky took notice of more than the array of potential investment pieces. Based on the attire worn, questions asked and weapons eyed by a group of young men, Gorsky, who attends three or four gun shows a year, had a feeling they were gang members looking to make a quick... [Cap Times (Wisconsin), via gunpolicy.org ] http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_3f479667-0c46-5364-8c6d-07a44523e10e.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://m.factcheck.org/2009/12/international-gun-ban-treaty/ FactCheck.org (USA), Fact sheet, via gunpolicy.org International Gun Ban Treaty? Q: Has Obama found a "legal way around the Second Amendment"? A: The administration's agreement to talk about writing a United Nations treaty to regulate arms exports and imports is a far cry from banning possession of firearms, which Obama says he doesn't want to do and the Supreme Court has said can't be done anyway. FULL QUESTION Is this... [FactCheck.org (USA), Fact sheet, via gunpolicy.org ] http://m.factcheck.org/2009/12/international-gun-ban-treaty/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cops1-2009dec01,0,4102431.story Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org News that an armed fugitive who shot and killed four police officers near Seattle on Sunday was still at large prompted fear, anger, sorrow and something else: The desire to grab a gun. "I can tell you that most people have probably got their weapons loaded right now," a retired computer worker from Parkland, Wash., told The Times. "I think people should carry their guns and be ready," a local taxi... [Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cops1-2009dec01,0,4102431.story Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/12/gun-show-loophole-has-some-weapons-smuggled-into-mexico Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington), via gunpolicy.org YAKIMA, Washington -- ATF agent Jessie Summers tried to deal with misconceptions before he talked about the illegal gun trade in Central Washington. "We're not here to take anybody's guns," he told a group of city and law enforcement officials from across the state gathered at the Yakima Convention Center. "The image of us being jackbooted thugs doesn't hold water." Not that Summers... [Yakima Herald-Republic (Washington), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/12/gun-show-loophole-has-some-weapons-smuggled-into-mexico Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/americas-gun-outrage-276-people-killed-or-wounded-a-day-20091109-i4gj.html Age (Melbourne), via gunpolicy.org By now you will have heard of Major Nidal Malak Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist who shot 13 of his colleagues dead and wounded 31 inside the Army's largest base, Fort Hood in Texas last Thursday. Taryale Petter, John Herman, Jason Rodriques and Marcus Gonzalez are names you may not know. Taryale was only 15 years old. Early Friday morning, aboard his Philadelphia school bus, he pulled a handgun... [Age (Melbourne), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/americas-gun-outrage-276-people-killed-or-wounded-a-day-20091109-i4gj.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114369908 National Public Radio (USA), Transcript, via gunpolicy.org JACKI LYDEN, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, led by New York's Michael Bloomberg, is losing members after the National Rifle Association mounted a campaign against the group. The NRA and other gun proponents contend that the mayors' efforts represent a slippery slope. WNYC's Arun Venugopal reports. ARUN VENUGOPAL:... [National Public Radio (USA), Transcript, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114369908 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/31/GUN_SHOW.ART_ART_10-31-09_B1_QGFHFAA.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org Hidden-camera investigations in July haven't resulted in changes at this weekend's Westland Mall Gun Show, although a Dayton show has made adjustments. Private investigators posed as buyers at seven U.S. shows, including Westland's, to see whether vendors would sell a gun even if the buyer said he would fail a background check. The report said sellers in 19 of 30 purchases didn't follow the... [Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/31/GUN_SHOW.ART_ART_10-31-09_B1_QGFHFAA.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1100 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/OPINION02/910190309 Toledo Blade (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org Every year, hundreds of thousands of people attend gun shows across the United States. Most buyers and sellers are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who enjoy hunting, shooting, or just collecting firearms. But some of the federally licensed dealers and private sellers at these firearms flea markets ignore established safeguards, putting difficult-to-trace guns in the hands of terrorists, gang members,... [Toledo Blade (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org ] http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/OPINION02/910190309 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/18/Most-Virginians-want-tighter-gun-laws/UPI-22511255914396/ United Press International, via gunpolicy.org NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia -- Most Virginians say they want required criminal background checks on those who buy guns from unlicensed dealers, a survey found. The survey, conducted by the Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, also found a majority said they prefer a ban on concealed weapons in restaurants serving alcohol, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot... [United Press International, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/18/Most-Virginians-want-tighter-gun-laws/UPI-22511255914396/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/222951 Virginian-Pilot (Virginia), via gunpolicy.org Most Virginians say they want to close the so-called gun-show "loophole" that permits some gun sales without criminal background checks and they dislike the notion of someone carrying a concealed firearm into a restaurant that serves alcohol, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by Christopher Newport University's Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy, found that eight of every... [Virginian-Pilot (Virginia), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/222951 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gunshows16-2009oct16,0,1223539.story Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org For shock value, they may not rank with the videos released last month showing ACORN workers giving tax advice to a couple of undercover investigators posing as a prostitute and her pimp. But New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's covert recordings of what really goes on at gun shows are appalling nonetheless. In the midst of a reelection campaign in a Democratic-majority city, the Republican... [Los Angeles Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gunshows16-2009oct16,0,1223539.story Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.whiotv.com/news/21296108/detail.html WHIO-TV News (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org DAYTON, Ohio -- Some changes have been announced by the Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show that's been operating at Hara Arena for years. Bill Goodman said he has conducted over 2,500 shows and he is looking into allegations by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's undercover operation and welcomes any law enforcement officials to take a closer look at his operation. Just last week, the Mayor of... [WHIO-TV News (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.whiotv.com/news/21296108/detail.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091012/NEWS01/910120329/-1/NEWS01/Gun+buyers++dealers+blast+NYC+report Tennessean (Nashville), via gunpolicy.org FRANKLIN -- Stephanie Rhodes heard about New York City's undercover investigation of gun shows, including some in Tennessee, and wants Mayor Michael Bloomberg to know how she feels. "He needs to keep his business in New York and let Tennessee deal with Tennessee," said Rhodes, a Smithville resident who attended a gun show on Sunday in Franklin. Rhodes and her friend Rick Foster, who... [Tennessean (Nashville), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091012/NEWS01/910120329/-1/NEWS01/Gun+buyers++dealers+blast+NYC+report Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/opinion/12mon3.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org A new report from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office should end any debate about the need to close the lethal gap in federal law that allows purchasers at gun shows to buy weapons from unlicensed private dealers without submitting to a federal background check. Private investigators, hired by the Bloomberg administration, went to gun shows in Nevada, Ohio and Tennessee. Posing as buyers, they... [New York Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/opinion/12mon3.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/oct/11/editorial-open-market-at-gun-shows/ Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org Some of the most vocal defenders of private gun rights in Tennessee say that they don't want firearms in the hands of criminals. With their help, perhaps a wide-open gun market for the crooks could be closed. Any doubt that stricter regulation would be helpful was removed last week when the results of an undercover investigation of gun show sales in Tennessee and two other states... [Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/oct/11/editorial-open-market-at-gun-shows/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_americas_lying_gun_nuts.html Daily News (New York), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org The latest gun sting ordered up by Mayor Bloomberg has blown a cannonball-size hole through some of the National Rifle Association's bloodiest lies. Thanks to the NRA, Congress exempted many sales at gun shows from background-check requirements. Second Amendment fanatics won the day by portraying unlicensed vendors who sold weapons at gun shows as making: (1) occasional sales, ... [Daily News (New York), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_americas_lying_gun_nuts.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.star-telegram.com/northeast/story/1672935.html Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), via gunpolicy.org He's been called "idiot mayor." Worse, he's been called anti-gun. But Hurst Mayor Richard Ward, a hunter and gun owner, knows how to pull the trigger himself. "It's as if we're going to take their first born," Ward said of the National Rifle Association and other critics who don't like that he's joined a national mayors effort to tighten restrictions on some gun sales. "They've... [Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.star-telegram.com/northeast/story/1672935.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_straightshootin_mike_is_taking_aim_gun_show_dvd_exposes_deadly_lawlessness_and_l.html Daily News (New York), via gunpolicy.org Mayor Bloomberg is sending every member of the U.S. Congress a DVD of a new reality show called "Gun Show: Undercover." The three-minute, 35-second DVD is produced by Bloomberg, who hopes to shame Congress into finally closing the "gun show loophole" that puts guns by the thousands in the hands of violent criminals. The DVD features hidden-camera footage of a city-funded undercover... [Daily News (New York), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_straightshootin_mike_is_taking_aim_gun_show_dvd_exposes_deadly_lawlessness_and_l.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nyregion/08guns.html?_r=1 New York Times, via gunpolicy.org In one video, a man trying to buy a gun at a gun show in Ohio tells the dealer that he probably couldn't pass a background check. The dealer, smiling, says that does not matter, "Because I wouldn't pass either, bud." In another video, this time at a gun show in Nashville, a man asks a female friend to buy a Glock handgun on his behalf, in what appears to be violation of federal law. Instead... [New York Times, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nyregion/08guns.html?_r=1 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-bloomberg/gun-show-undercover_b_312339.html Huffington Post (USA), Blog, via gunpolicy.org Ever wonder how criminals are able to get guns so easily? It's depressingly simple. On any given weekend, at dozens of gun shows held in states across the country -- criminals can buy guns from "private sellers" who are not required to perform background checks. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has identified gun shows as the source of more than 30% of all illegally trafficked guns... [Huffington Post (USA), Blog, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-bloomberg/gun-show-undercover_b_312339.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100702261.html Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org Undercover investigators working on behalf of the New York City mayor's office repeatedly bought guns from unlicensed dealers at gun shows even though they disclosed they probably couldn't pass a background check. That finding is among those outlined in a 36-page report released Wednesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office that documents alleged illegal gun sales by private and licensed dealers... [Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100702261.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm-2NQDd2ZTOijJjHUyf--3u44uwD9B6ATM80 Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org NEW YORK -- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not closed the "gun show loophole." The sting, described in a city report released Wednesday, was conducted at seven gun shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada. Those states are among the many that permit private unlicensed dealers, known as "occasional sellers,"... [Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm-2NQDd2ZTOijJjHUyf--3u44uwD9B6ATM80 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/police-officers-wife-paralyzed-by-illegally-obtained-gun-336885.html Dayton Daily News (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org It comes as no surprise to John Beall that Bill Goodman's Gun and Knife Show at Hara Arena has been called out by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as a source of illegal firearms sales. Raham Twitty, the man who shot and paralyzed Beall's wife, Dayton police Officer Mary Beall, in 2000, had obtained his M-1 SuperEnforcer illegally at a Goodman show. Mary Beall died of complications... [Dayton Daily News (Ohio), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/police-officers-wife-paralyzed-by-illegally-obtained-gun-336885.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/new.york.gun.show.sting/index.html#cnnSTCText CNN, via gunpolicy.org NEW YORK -- An investigation commissioned by the city of New York found private gun vendors selling weapons to buyers who admitted not being able to pass background checks, breaking federal law, a report released Wednesday says. The sales were made at seven gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, the report says. Hired investigators with hidden cameras were able to purchase guns from private... [CNN, via gunpolicy.org ] http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/new.york.gun.show.sting/index.html#cnnSTCText Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped-nra-mayors-100109100109oct01,0,3353782.story Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org Ormond Beach Mayor Fred Costello recently has weathered furious broadsides. More than 100 people have fired off e-mails calling him a "loser" and demanding that he "do the right thing." His offense? Public malfeasance? Something more heinous. Mr. Costello had the brass to join Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group that aims to keep criminals from unlawfully acquiring firearms. Now,... [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edped-nra-mayors-100109100109oct01,0,3353782.story Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1639282.html Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org Here's a simple idea: You can be for the rights of law-abiding gun owners but also for common-sense policies to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. That idea has brought together a bipartisan group of more than 400 mayors from all over the country as the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition. I'm a veteran, a gun owner, a hunter and a member of the National Rifle Association -- and I'm... [Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1639282.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-703882.html Wall Street Journal, via gunpolicy.org While a remarkable surge that began late last year is starting to ease, Americans' demand for firearms and ammunition -- driven largely by economic concerns and the fear of new regulations -- remains brisk as double-digit sales increases continue to fill the financial coffers of gun and ammo makers alike. In August, the number of background checks performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's... [Wall Street Journal, via gunpolicy.org ] http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-703882.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/v-print/story/938842.html Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky), via gunpolicy.org Amy Davis, 29. Dorene Seidl, 69. Adrianne Radford, 25. Patricia Searcy, 35. All these Kentucky women were shot and killed since 2001 allegedly by men against whom they had filed domestic violence orders, men who weren't supposed to have guns. On Sept. 11, Amanda Ross, 29, was shot to death, allegedly by her ex-fiancé, former state Rep. Steve Nunn, whose domestic violence order specifically... [Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/v-print/story/938842.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/sep/13/nra-targets-riley-affiliation/ Charleston Post and Courier (South Carolina), via gunpolicy.org The National Rifle Association took aim at Mayor Joe Riley earlier this month, sending postcards to NRA members in Charleston that criticized him for being a member of the organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The NRA urged its members to contact the mayor and "help him make the right choice between protecting your Second Amendment rights or continuing to be associated with those who actively... [Charleston Post and Courier (South Carolina), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/sep/13/nra-targets-riley-affiliation/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 www.davisenterprise.com#http://www.davisenterprise.com Davis Enterprise (California), via gunpolicy.org SACRAMENTO -- California's gun sale laws and supervision of gun shows may be a model for the nation, a UC Davis researcher said Wednesday, but firearms flood in from Nevada, Arizona and other states where laws are lax. "It is the case (that) gun shows are an important source of crime guns in California. But those gun shows don't happen to be in California -- they're in Nevada," said Garen... [Davis Enterprise (California), via gunpolicy.org ] www.davisenterprise.com#http://www.davisenterprise.com Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/08/nj_shooting_deaths_draw_focus.html Star-Ledger (New Jersey), Column, via gunpolicy.org There are two universes of American gun culture. In one universe, the Second Amendment is a stanchion of protected American freedoms, as sacred as free speech. In this universe, when the right to bear arms dies, so does a free America. In another universe, guns make blood run in our city streets. They kill and maim criminals and innocent alike, make good people prisoners in their... [Star-Ledger (New Jersey), Column, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/08/nj_shooting_deaths_draw_focus.html Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/08/13/michael-bloomberg-and-americas-guns/?p=4866?tempedition=debatehub Reuters, Column, via gunpolicy.org New York's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is stepping in where President Barack Obama fears to tread -- confronting America's powerful gun lobby. In the country that holds a commanding global lead in civilian gun ownership, it promises to be a hard fight. No matter how it goes, America's position at the top of the list of gun-owning nations looks secure. Up to 280 million guns are estimated... [Reuters, Column, via gunpolicy.org ] http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/08/13/michael-bloomberg-and-americas-guns/?p=4866?tempedition=debatehub Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602839.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org Walking the jam-packed aisles of Virginia's biggest gun show, Richard Begay carried a .30-06 Sauer hunting rifle and a hand-lettered cardboard sign on his back asking $1,199. Unlike the federally licensed firearms dealers at tables nearby, Begay, 72, an occasional seller, can peddle the slick-looking rifle legally without a background check to any interested adult he meets at the show in Chantilly.... [Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602839.html?hpid=topnews Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/07/don't_retreat_on_gun_control.html Star-Ledger (New Jersey), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org A police officer hit in the face with a shotgun blast by a robbery suspect in Jersey City. A mother of two gunned down while standing outside her apartment house on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark. Two men killed in a blaze of gunfire on South 12 Street in the city the same day. Their deaths within 24 hours are another snapshot of the routine carnage committed with guns in New... [Star-Ledger (New Jersey), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/07/don't_retreat_on_gun_control.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1494143-p2.html Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), via gunpolicy.org FORT WORTH -- Paul Smith loves guns, and he loves to collect them. Always working to update his collection, he took a Ruger .357 Magnum revolver and headed to a gun show last weekend, hoping to get $400 and find something better. "I like to trade and collect," said Smith, 68, a farmer from Loving who went to the Texas Gun & Knife Show at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. What... [Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1494143-p2.html Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090717/EDIT05/307179942/1021/EDIT Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Indiana), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org After reading Bob Aldridge's op-ed column, "Debunking myths about a gun-show loophole" (July 10), I wanted to give a different perspective on gun sales and criminal background checks in this country. Aldridge is wrong. The gun show loophole is not a myth but a tragic fact -- one that the killers at Columbine High School exploited 10 years ago before they murdered 12 of their classmates and... [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Indiana), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090717/EDIT05/307179942/1021/EDIT Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2518243.0.0.php Sunday Herald (Scotland), via gunpolicy.org NEW YORK -- Last summer, the National Rifle Association ran adverts claiming that Barack Obama would "ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns" if elected. The campaign didn't do much for John McCain, but in every other respect it has been wildly successful: NRA membership is up 30% and gun control has disappeared from the administration's list of priorities. Americans have gone... [Sunday Herald (Scotland), via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2518243.0.0.php Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/298845 Arizona Daily Star, via gunpolicy.org PIMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS -- Behind the rows of gun-filled tables at the back of the exhibition hall, a large red banner shines like a beacon: AK-47. Beneath the sign, Joeken Firearms owner Joe Cox does a brisk business selling the popular semiautomatic rifle at gun shows such as this one and at his store in Winslow. The rifle is fun to shoot and easier to clean than other rifles, and,... [Arizona Daily Star, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/298845 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://washingtonindependent.com/48111/u-s-guns-fueling-mexican-drug-violence Washington Independent, via gunpolicy.org Earlier this year, as the violence on the Mexican border had crescendoed into national headlines, the state of California contacted federal firearms officials with a seemingly innocuous request: Would the federal government lend state law enforcers details on the thousands of crime guns seized in Mexico and traced to California -- information that might identify patterns of trafficking worth investigation?... [Washington Independent, via gunpolicy.org ] http://washingtonindependent.com/48111/u-s-guns-fueling-mexican-drug-violence Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/opinion/25thu3.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss New York Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org Drug-related murders in Mexico doubled last year, to 6,200, as cartels fight for the American addict's dollar while relying on American gun dealers for their weapons. A new report to Congress traces over 90 percent of guns recovered in Mexican drug crimes in the last three years back across the border, where legal and illegal American dealers flout federal laws rife with loopholes. The findings... [New York Times, Editorial, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/opinion/25thu3.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://washingtonindependent.com/48111/u-s-guns-fueling-mexican-drug-violence Washington Independent, via gunpolicy.org The absence of required background checks for private firearm sales, like those made at gun shows, have helped fuel the steady flow of U.S. firearms to Mexico, where thousands of trafficked weapons are ending up in the hands of violent drug cartels, U.S. government investigators revealed last week. The news has renewed the call among gun-control advocates and some Democratic lawmakers to tighten... [Washington Independent, via gunpolicy.org ] http://washingtonindependent.com/48111/u-s-guns-fueling-mexican-drug-violence Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061803358.html Reuters, via gunpolicy.org WASHINGTON -- Loophole-laden laws in the United States are hampering efforts to stop the gun smuggling that fuels Mexico's drug-related violence, according to a congressional report released on Thursday. Efforts to trace firearms seized in Mexico are delayed by an average of two weeks due to the absence of a national U.S. firearms registry, the Government Accountability Office said. The... [Reuters, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061803358.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0619/p02s05-usgn.html Christian Science Monitor, via gunpolicy.org ATLANTA -- Can new evidence that high-powered US firearms are fueling Mexican drug violence change the political course of gun control in Washington? Not likely, a number of gun experts say. The Government Accountability Office information that 87 percent of seized guns given to US authorities by Mexican officials come from the US shouldn't come as a surprise, says Bill Vizzard, a... [Christian Science Monitor, via gunpolicy.org ] http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0619/p02s05-usgn.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000