An Idaho mayor has dropped out of Mayor Bloomberg's coalition against illegal guns, city officials said. The mayor of Idaho Falls, Jared Mr. Bloomberg's coalition in October, but withdrew earlier this month because of pressure from constituents and what he told a local news organization was a sense that the coalition had an "agenda" of preventing guns from entering the hands even of law-abiding gun owners. The coalition is called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Mr.... (GunPolicy.org)

More than 100 politicians have been exempted from the gun ban that is being enforced to prevent violence in the run-up to the May 14 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday. Comelec Commissioner Nicodemu Ferrer, who is in charge of the gun ban, said these 100 politicians are among the 5,000 individuals who filed for exemption. The poll body started implementing the ban last Jan. 14. Ferrer said police, military and customs personnel accounted... (GunPolicy.org)

[Translated summary: In the past 3½ years, Customs officials seized 3,246 weapons from travellers arriving in Canada, 2/3rds in Vancouver. Travellers leaving Canada also surrendered 330 firearms. The Customs workers' union claims only 5 to 10% of illicit goods are intercepted]. Des irréductibles glissent des armes parfois terrifiantes dans leurs bagages. Les avions qui se posent au Canada ressemblent à de vraies armureries volantes. En trois ans et demi, les... (GunPolicy.org)

Despite the campaigns undertaken thus far to destroy, donate, and sell the surplus arms and military equipment, Bosnia-Hercegovina is still one of the biggest arms warehouses in the region. These arms are left from the war. Dnevni avaz has learned that the current surplus of arms and military equipment in Bosnia-Hercegovina is around 100,000 rifles, 200 tanks, 40 army personnel carriers, and 15 helicopters. After the lifting of the arms embargo, imposed over the "Orao... (GunPolicy.org)

UNITED NATIONS — A proposal by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to downgrade the U.N.'s Department of Disarmament Affairs (DDA) — and possibly bring it under the umbrella of the Department of Political Affairs — has sparked a critical reaction from member states, peace activists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). "This is the wrong move for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to make and would be an inauspicious start to his term," warns John Burroughs, executive... (GunPolicy.org)

Concerned voices are rising over poor gun control as crimes using guns, rifles and crossbows recently hit the news. A man who shot his ex-girlfriend last December over her change of heart and a bank robber threatening people with guns last October alarmed many people, but the government has not yet come up with a way to control the illegal possession or misuse of weapons. A former university professor, who shot the presiding judge in the stomach on Monday claiming... (GunPolicy.org)

Guns going on to planes within the airports of Papua New Guinea are now subject to a checking and clearance system. An office has been set up at Jacksons Airport domestic terminal to deal with gun owners who want to take their gun and ammunition with them on their travels around the country. Soon, similar offices will be set up at other major airports. Civil Aviation Authority is in charge of establishing firearms and ammunition clearance and lodgement points. CAA... (GunPolicy.org)