Gun Policy News, 2 April 2007
Bahrain
Shootings Highlight Control Arms Campaign, Gun Control in Bahrain
2 April 2007
Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
MANAMA — Calls went out for tougher gun control measures yesterday in the wake of the suspected shooting of nightclub security guard Abbas Ali Salman Hadi Al Shakhoori. Bahrain Human Rights Society assistant secretary general Dr Abdulla Al Derazi said that he hoped that the incident, along with the shooting of Bahraini Madhi Abdulrahman Mohammed last summer in Muharraq, are not the beginning of a new crime trend.
"These types of crimes are new to Bahraini society.... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
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United States
US Flight Attendant Arrested After Carrying Hidden Handgun on United
2 April 2007
Associated Press
A uniformed flight attendant was arrested at Dulles International Airport after she turned herself in for allegedly carrying a concealed handgun aboard a flight from Atlanta, authorities said Saturday.
The Transportation Security Administration, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies were investigating how the gun passed through security unnoticed in Atlanta, TSA spokesman Barry Phelps said. Flight attendants have to go through the same security procedures as all... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Associated Press
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United States
Georgia's 'Take Your Gun to Work' Bill is Ludicrous, Deserves Defeat
2 April 2007
Macon Telegraph (Georgia), Editorial
Like the proverbial bad penny that keeps resurfacing, a measure that would prohibit a business owner from forbidding employees from bringing firearms onto company property is not as dead as was believed. The state Senate was unable to debate SB 43 last Tuesday, the deadline for approving a measure in either the House or Senate, thereby permitting the measure to remain eligible for further vote this session. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a workplace... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
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Uganda
Ugandan MPs Demand Govt Explain AK-47s Used in Eviction by 'Civilians'
2 April 2007
New Vision (Kampala)
KAMPALA — Parliament yesterday asked the ministry of Internal Affairs to explain the rise of the number of guns in civilian hands.
The debate was sparked off by Kasilo MP Elijah Okupa who complained that men in civilian clothes armed with AK47 guns executed the operation in which squatters on Makerere University land in Katanga near Wandegeya were evicted.
"I am concerned with the number of arms in civilian arms. It means I can also be attacked and evicted by armed... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: New Vision (Kampala)
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Canada
'Greedy Gun Runner,' Canadian Criminal's 60yr-old Wife Jailed for 3.5yrs
2 April 2007
Canadian Press
TORONTO — A 60-year-old woman who has been described as a greedy gunrunner was sentenced yesterday to 3½ years in prison by a judge who blamed the woman's husband for getting her into the clandestine business.
"She was clearly drawn in by her husband," Justice Andromache Karakatsanis said in meting out punishment to Ingeborg Anna Richter.
The judge said she couldn't ignore "the influence" that Richter's husband, Charles Yanover, had over his wife in getting her... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Canadian Press
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Philippines
Philippine Election Shootings Highlight 'Deeply Entrenched Gun Culture'
2 April 2007
Philippine Star / ABS-CBN, Opinion
We have a deeply entrenched gun culture. Why the right to bear arms is not enshrined in the Constitution may be due to the country's ugly experience with martial law. Or maybe there's an unwritten best-efforts pledge to work for a gun-less society.
As in the past, an election gun ban is in place. And as in the past, candidates and their supporters are being gunned down across the country.
This is due not just to a failure of law enforcement, although security... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Philippine Star / ABS-CBN
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Canada
Mental Health Report Turns Canadian Gun Massacre Focus on Gun Control
2 April 2007
Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Federal questions about the ability of mental-health services to predict tragedies such as last fall's college shooting spree have pointed the finger at gun control.
A report prepared for Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day after the shootings at Dawson College questions whether the provincial mental health system could prevent such violence.
The family of Kimveer Gill, pictured, has blamed mental illness for his storming the Montreal school, killing one... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Canadian Press
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United States
In Florida, 'Stupid Power Play by Bullying Gun Lobby' Stomps on Safety
2 April 2007
St Petersburg Times (Florida), Editorial
Who says the Florida Legislature doesn't look out for the working stiff? A bill (SB 2356) that so far is breezing through the Senate would stop employers from banning guns in their parking lots. Imagine the persuasive power of a worker (particularly if he is disgruntled) mentioning that his AK-47 is only a few steps away when asking for — no, demanding! — a raise.
Actually, there is nothing funny about this bill and a similar one (HB 1417) in the House. It's just... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: St Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Canada
Toronto Traffic Stop Yields AK-47, Rifles Stolen from Lawful Gun Owner
2 April 2007
Inside Toronto
Police arrested four men, laid 228 charges and seized several rifles after investigating the occupants of a van that was allegedly being driven suspiciously in the Port Union Road and Sheppard Avenue area Sunday.
Police allege officers found seven rifles, including an AK-47, in the rear of the van. Police also found a revolver and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Most of the firearms were stolen in September during a break-in at a storage locker, police allege.
The... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Inside Toronto
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United States
Ohio Hidden Handgun Permit Holder Charged in Gas Station Incident
2 April 2007
Sandusky Register (Ohio)
PERKINS Township — A Sandusky man was charged with improper handling of a firearm even though he had a license to carry it.
Larry F. Fearing, 54, was charged with improper handling of a concealed weapon for the incident at an area gas station.
He was there to pick up his wife from work.
He was reportedly seen carrying his hand gun in his front pants pocket, even though he said he was trying to keep it out of sight.
When Perkins police arrived, they ordered Fearing... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Sandusky Register (Ohio)
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Congo (ROC)
Illegal Guns Could Threaten Elections in Republic of Congo
2 April 2007
IRIN (UN News)
BRAZZAVILLE — Large numbers of illegally-held small arms remain in circulation in the Republic of Congo posing a security risk to the central African country which has been plagued by conflicts in the recent past, officials said at a meeting convened to discuss the problem.
"Illegally-held arms remain one of the country's main problems," said defence minister Gen. Jacques Yvon Ndolou, at the meeting organised last week by the United Nations Development Programme... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: IRIN (UN News)
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