Gun Policy News, 25 January 2006
Sudáfrica
Judge Takes Shot at Gun Ownership in 'Tragic Shooting' Civil Case
25 January 2006
Cape Times (Cape Town)
In a judgment yesterday, a Cape High Court judge said he did not believe private individuals should be allowed to own guns and that the country should make an effort to decrease the number of firearm owners.
But he said that by law, people were entitled to own firearms and to use them in self defence.
Judge Dennis Davis made the comments in a judgment he delivered in a damages case in which a Parow woman sued a Durbanville man for R1.5 million after he shot and... (GunPolicy.org)
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Reino Unido
AK-47 Spoof Highlights Arms Trade as Control Arms Launches Movie Ads
25 January 2006
BBC News
Cinema goers in the UK are to be shown a shocking spoof shopping channel ad offering AK-47 machine guns for sale.
Amnesty International says it aims to highlight the ease with which weapons can be bought and sold due to lax controls on the international market.
It is part of the charity's campaign to get one million people to sign its petition calling on the United Nations to introduce tougher regulations.
In the spoof ad presenters praise the gun's firepower and... (GunPolicy.org)
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Reino Unido
Amnesty's Spoof 'Shopping for an AK-47' Cinema Ad Takes on Arms Trade
25 January 2006
Reuters
LONDON — A young boy will demonstrate how a Kalashnikov assault rifle works in an advert due to hit British cinema screens as part of a campaign against the arms trade.
The hard-hitting advert is an initiative by human rights organisation Amnesty International.
The spoof-shopping channel commercial shows presenters talking up the firepower and reliability of the AK-47, as the boy demonstrates how it is so easy to use even a child can fire it.
Viewers are also... (GunPolicy.org)
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Canadá
Re-elected Canadian MP Vows Again to Dismantle Gun Registry
25 January 2006
CBC News (Canada)
Getting rid of the gun registry is still within the sights of Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz.
Breitkreuz, who was re-elected Monday after capturing 63 per cent of the vote in the Yorkton-Melville riding, has been a leading critic of the registry on rifles and shotguns for many years.
He says there should be action on the federal gun registry in just a few months.
Breitkreuz believes the program that resulted from the gun legislation, Bill C-68, has been wasteful... (GunPolicy.org)
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Estados Unidos
Boston, New York Mayors Team Up to Tackle Big City Gun Violence
25 January 2006
Newsday (New York)
WASHINGTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Wednesday he plans to team up with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to end gun violence in major cities.
"Mayor Bloomberg and I come from rival cities and different political parties, but the critical issue of gun violence that plagues our cities has united us in this fight," Menino told the annual winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Menino, a Democrat who began his fourth term earlier this month, said he... (GunPolicy.org)
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Estados Unidos
Gun Owner Trained Son, 8, Who Then Shot Girl, 7, at Day Care
25 January 2006
Baltimore Sun
ROCKVILLE — The father of an 8-year-old boy charged with shooting and wounding a 7-year-old girl in a Germantown day care center showed his son "in great detail" how to handle, load and fire a .38-caliber revolver the night before the child smuggled the gun into the day care center, the Montgomery County state's attorney said Wednesday.
The father, John Linwood Hall Sr., was arraigned Wednesday on charges of illegal possession of a firearm, storing a firearm in a... (GunPolicy.org)
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Canadá
Gun Registry Changes Coming in Canada, Says Top Tory
25 January 2006
CBC News (Canada)
A senior Conservative MP from northern B.C. says the new Stephen Harper government will move quickly to kill Canada's controversial rifle registry.
Prince George-Peace River MP Jay Hill says the Conservatives plan to make good their promise to end what he calls the "financial fiasco" of the long-gun registry.
Hill says he's not sure just what legislation is needed to kill the registry. But he says it will be history, when MPs return for the next session of... (GunPolicy.org)
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Estados Unidos
Uphold Veto on Concealed Carry Gun Bill, Urges Wisconsin Paper
25 January 2006
Capital Times (Wisconsin), Editorial
We have a number of problems with the Legislature's so-called concealed carry bill that Gov. Jim Doyle saw fit to once more veto last week.
There's the provision that allows citizens who get concealed carry permits to carry not only guns, but also knives, billy clubs and electric shock weapons in most public places except for schools, taverns and police stations.
Yes, we understand that 46 other states allow their citizens to carry concealed weapons, but there's a... (GunPolicy.org)
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Estados Unidos
Police Worry as 'Numerous' Handguns Stolen from Licensed Gun Dealer
25 January 2006
Boston Globe
WEYMOUTH — A thief crawled through the ventilation shaft of a firearms dealer over the weekend and made off with a small arsenal of guns that probably will soon be sold on the black market, authorities said.
Weymouth Police Lieutenant George Greenwood said the thief, still at large, stole "numerous" guns, including Glock, Beretta, and Ruger handguns as well as one shotgun, and 10 boxes of ammunition from Hunter's Trading Post on Winter Street.
"You worry when... (GunPolicy.org)
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Sierra Leona
25,000 Surrendered Weapons All Came from Major Gun Making Countries
25 January 2006
News24 (Cape Town)
FREETOWN — More than 25 000 guns believed to have been used in Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war were turned in to security agencies by rival sides during a disarmament process that ended in 2002, said an action group on Wednesday.
A respected non-governmental organisation, the Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (Slansa), said most of the weapons originated from China, the former Soviet Union, Germany, Belgium and some eastern European countries.
The reports... (GunPolicy.org)
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