WASHINGTON — The proposal that the former prime minister of France, Michel Rocard, brought to Washington seemed simple enough — at first. Supported by an "eminent persons group" — 19 respected world leaders — the elegant French socialist was meeting with U.S. and UN officials to push a worldwide policy to tighten the "small arms" flow that is ravaging the world. The message is that guns, rifles, hand grenades and light missiles are claiming 200,000 lives each... (GunPolicy.org)

They are not drunk or high on drugs. They are not racists or Satanists, or addicted to violent video games, movies or music. Most are white men, but a surprising number are women, Asians and blacks. Many have college degrees, but most are unemployed. Many are military veterans. They give lots of warning and even tell people explicitly what they plan to do. They carry semiautomatic weapons they have obtained easily and, in most cases, legally. They do not try to get... (GunPolicy.org)

RIVERSIDE — A gun manufacturer is partly to blame for the police shooting of a black motorist because it sold the weapon she had on her lap when she was killed, the city claimed in a lawsuit. Lorcin Engineering Co. negligently marketed and distributed the .380-caliber gun Tyisha Miller had when she was found unresponsive in her car Dec. 28, 1998, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday. Lorcin failed to educate or train users regarding the safe and correct way to... (GunPolicy.org)

Disgruntled gun owners will not co-operate with proposed gun registration laws, a parliamentary select committee has been told. Gun owners and groups expressed disgust to the law and order select committee yesterday about the Arms Amendment (No.2) Bill, which has drawn 6500 submissions. Christchurch Rod and Gun Club secretary Jim Smith told the committee, which is sitting in the city, that registration was unworkable. Gun owners did not trust the Government since the... (GunPolicy.org)

No. - Year - Name - Age - Killed - Hurt 1 - '49 - Howard B. Unruh - 28 - 13 - 3 2 - '66 - Charles J. Whitman - 25 - 16 - 31 3 - '66 - Robert B. Smith - 18 - 5 - 2 4 - '67 - Leo Held - 40 - 6 - 6 5 - '72 - Edwin J. Grace - 33 - 6 - 6 6 - '74 - Anthony Barbaro - 17 - 3 - 9 7 - '76 - Robert D. Patty - 43 - 3 - 2 8 - '76 - Charles E. Allaway - 37 - 7 - 2 9 - '77 - Frederick W. Cowan - 33 - 6 - 4 10 - '79 - Brenda Spencer - 16 - 2 - 9 11 - '80 - Alvin Lee King III - 46 - 5... (GunPolicy.org)

The New York Times set out to study rampage killings by assembling a detailed database of as many such crimes as could be discovered by searching news clippings in all 50 states, scientific papers and other sources. Times researchers and reporters found 100 cases that met strictly defined criteria aimed at encompassing the kind of crimes that seem to have become more common recently. The crimes had to have had multiple victims, at least one of whom died, and to have... (GunPolicy.org)