Gun Policy News, 29 January 2006
Reino Unido
Angry Lords Say Dunblane Victims 'Betrayed' by Gun Registry Failure
29 January 2006
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
Senior police officers and Whitehall bureaucrats have "betrayed" the victims of Dunblane with their failure to set up a national firearms register almost a decade after the tragedy, angry peers have claimed.
Campaigners and members of the House of Lords spoke out after it emerged the long-running project to get a grip on the huge number of firearms at large in Britain had been delayed again because of crippling "technical problems".
The admission from government... (GunPolicy.org)
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Canadá
Canada's Police Reiterate Support for Gun Registry Despite Tory Promise
29 January 2006
Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The head of Canada's police chiefs says he will impress upon the new government the merits of the national gun registry, a much-maligned system the Conservatives have promised to scrap.
Jack Ewatski, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said he wants to open a dialogue on firearms with the ministers to be named early next month to the justice and public safety portfolios.
"We will certainly give this government some history relative to... (GunPolicy.org)
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Estados Unidos
Foreign Competition Hurts US Gun Makers
29 January 2006
Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Though disheartening, the news that U.S. Repeating Arms plans to close its flagship New Haven factory did not surprise many in the firearms industry. In recent years, several high-profile firearms manufacturers have gone out of business, and more will surely follow, said Steve Prindle, president of Silver City Sporting Arms in West Haven.
"They're an American icon," he said of Winchester rifles, which his shop sells. "It's a shame it had to... (GunPolicy.org)
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