Noticias sobre las armas de fuego
Estados Unidos,Botswana,Islas Cook,Fiyi,Islandia,Irlanda,Kiribati,Malawi,Islas Marshall,Nauru,Nueva Zelandia,Niue,Noruega,Samoa,Islas Salomón,Tonga,Tuvalu,Reino Unido,Vanuatu,Islas Vírgenes Americanas
The 19 Countries That Do Not Arm Their Police Officers
19 July 2017
CNN
A woman who called 911 to report a nearby crime was killed by a US police officer last weekend. The circumstances surrounding her death are still unclear.
The fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, a dual Australian-US national who had settled in Minnesota in 2014, has made headlines in both her native Australia and her adopted home in Minneapolis – once again reigniting the all too familiar debate surrounding the role that firearms play in both law enforcement and in... (GunPolicy.org)
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Caribe,Samoa Americana,Niue,Palau,Islas Marianas del Norte,Nauru,Islas Cook,Fiyi,Micronesia,Polinesia Francesa,Islas Marshall,Kiribati,Papúa-Nueva Guinea,Samoa,Islas Salomón,Tonga,Tuvalu,Vanuatu,Nueva Caledonia
Addressing Gun Violence in the Caribbean and the Pacific
15 July 2016
The Diplomat (Japan)
"The seas bring us together, they do not separate us."
–Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Caribbean and the Pacific each offer a unique and contrasting perspective toward addressing armed violence. Despite sharing similar challenges as Small Island Developing States (SIDS), each region faces very different circumstances on the ground. In light of this, each region has taken a different approach toward addressing armed violence. The Pacific stands... (GunPolicy.org)
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Oceanía,Tonga
Tonga Urged to Sign Arms Trade Treaty
28 April 2016
Matangi Tonga Online
Tonga could be used as a transfer point for the illegal trade of arms if its government doesn't sign the International Arms Trade Treaty, warns Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA).
Peter Barcroft, the New York based Director of Peace & Democracy Programme for PGA, said this week that the illicit trade in arms and weapons respects no borders and has no frontiers and he urged Tonga to sign the treaty.
"It is in Tonga's best interests to be party to a Treaty which... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Tonga MPs Decide Not to Reduce Legal Penalties for Gun Offences
14 October 2012
Matangi Tonga / Pacific Islands Report
NUKUALOFA, Tonga – Tonga's government is once again trying to drastically reduce penalties for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, by reintroducing a controversial amendment bill, despite the fact that the late King George Tupou V withheld his consent in 2011 because it was considered to be "inimical to the welfare, well-being and safety of His subjects."
A bill that was presented by government last week to amend the Arms and Ammunition Act by reducing... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Tonga Police Seize 34 Illegal Firearms, 'Gang Warfare' Assault Rifle
4 February 2010
Matangi Tonga / PACNEWS
Powerful weapons including a semi automatic assault rifle of a kind used in gang warfare, have been seized by the police in Tonga. And police are urging the public to report the whereabouts of other illegal weapons that may be on the island.
Tongan Police Commander Chris Kelley this week put on display some of the 34 illegal firearms that were seized by the Tongan police from various locations in Tongatapu, during the past nine months.
"Our community does not need... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Tongan Gang Admits Shooting a Woman, String of Armed Robberies
10 September 2008
Matangi Tonga (Nuku'alofa)
Opeti Fekau pleaded guilty to a total of five charges, including an armed robbery outside the Westpac Bank of Tonga commercial branch on May 26, when he appeared before Chief Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Thursday, September 3.
He was charged with abetment to armed robbery in relation to stealing a Chinese delivery truck on March 20 in Fasi, and a second and third count of possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition on May 26 in Kolofo'ou. He... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Rising Number of Illegal Weapons, Shooting Spur Gun Amnesty in Tonga
20 February 2008
Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Illegal weapon holders are being given a chance to license or register their firearms and ammunition to the ministry of police.
Police authorities are to grant an amnesty to unlawful firearm and ammunition which will come into force on Friday February 15th to 29th of this month.
Assistant Police Commander says the recent shooting incident at Kolofo'ou and also the rising numbers of illegal weapons used to commit crime are among initiatives that police is granting this... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Tongan Gunman Shot, Killed Former Employer, Then Self with .22 Rifle
28 January 2008
Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Police have identified the gunman who allegedly shot a business woman at Kolofo'ou last week.
Acting Police Commander Taniela Faletau identified the assailant as Sefanaia Palelei, 33, of Halaleva. Palelei who shot Mosimani Helu last Monday was a former employee at Mrs Helu's shop.
The assailant is alleged to have entered Mosimani's complex with a bag where the .22 rifle was hidden and shot her former boss before shooting himself.
Police reports that the motive is... (GunPolicy.org)
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Tonga
Murder/Suicide Shooting Spurs Tongan Police to Attempt Gun Crackdown
22 January 2008
Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Any person found to be carrying unregistered arms or ammunition with intend to commit offence are liable to be imprisoned not more than 12 years jail terms.
This was highlighted by the Acting Police Commander Taniela Faletau in amid concerns that illegal possession of unregistered firearms and ammunition in the country.
The Acting Police Commander's comment came when police confirmed that the rifle used to shot a business woman at Kolofo'ou yesterday was not yet... (GunPolicy.org)
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Oceanía,Papúa-Nueva Guinea,Tonga,Fiyi,Vanuatu,Islas Salomón
The Pacific's Gun Problems
1 March 2003
Pacific Magazine
Stowed away in a Tongan Defence Force's armoury are .303 Lee Enfield rifle and circa (early last century) still in their original packing, unfired. Also, there are World War Two automatic Bren guns, maintained and ready.
For what, academic David Capie wonders.
Tonga, along with Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, maintain military or paramilitary forces whose existence, he believes, has no positive rationale, but which often represent a threat to the nations they are... (GunPolicy.org)
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