Steve Lee says he never set out to be an internet hit. He just loves guns - and thought he would write a song about it. He says he is as shocked as anyone that his YouTube clip 'I Like Guns' has been viewed more than 1.26 million times in the six weeks it has been online. The paean to guns, produced by Bill Chambers - father of Kasey - features Lee shooting at everything from watermelons to cars, and with everything from muzzleloaders to a fully automatic M60 and a... (GunPolicy.org)

HARARE — The Banket-based special interest councillor in the Zvimba Rural District Council who was murdered last Tuesday could have been shot with his own gun, police investigations have revealed. Sources close to the investigations yesterday said four suspects in Banket had been arrested in connection with Lancelot Zvironge's murder. The four were yesterday still in custody and assisting with investigations. Police yesterday said the post-mortem would be conducted... (GunPolicy.org)

SAN FRANCISCO - A 65-year-old San Francisco man shot to death by police after he allegedly came at them with a machete had called his doctor minutes before to say he was going to "try to take them out when they come to take me," police said. Police officials released a tape of Edward Lemarr Smith's call to his physician Monday, two days after an officer shot and killed Smith just outside his home at 87 Maynard St. in the Excelsior neighborhood. Officers were... (GunPolicy.org)

WASHINGTON - Washington Wizards guard Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Monday, explaining he had a pistol because he feared teammate Gilbert Arenas would shoot him or blow up his car after the two argued over a card game. The hearing marked the first time authorities confirmed Crittenton was the other player involved in the confrontation with Arenas, who pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to a felony gun charge. D.C. Superior Court Senior Judge Bruce... (GunPolicy.org)

LANCASTER, California - A man killed his sister and ex-wife, who was shot to death in front of the couple's child, then fatally turned the gun on himself, sheriff's officials said Monday. The bodies were found in the northeastern Los Angeles County cities of Palmdale and Lancaster, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Lillian Peck said. Peck said the man phoned his father saying he killed his sister and intended to kill himself. The father went to his daughter's... (GunPolicy.org)

Family and friends remembered a mother who loved her daughter "like a lion" at their funeral in Hampshire. It is believed Andy Copland, 56, shot his daughter Maisie, four, and his ex-partner Julie Harrison before turning the gun on himself on 29 December. Maisie and her mother, 40, were found with serious head injuries when police arrived at Church Hill in Aldershot. Mourners paid tribute during a service at Holy Trinity Church in Blackwater, Hampshire,... (GunPolicy.org)

As long as you have the cash, you can snap up a deactivated weapon – because the law currently classes them as metal ornaments. But those with the know-how and the tools can easily reactivate them to fire live ammunition. Guns on display at the shop have included a Russian Kalashnikov AK-47 machine gun, a British-made World War II era Sten machine gun and a German Luger hand gun. The Mail found the fearsome looking collection inside the Simply Gifted shop close to... (GunPolicy.org)

Americans are familiar with the gun lobby's influence in Congress, but many Hoosiers may not know their own state legislators are being pressured to pass two pro-gun bills that would ill-serve Indiana. Both proposals have passed the pro-gun House Natural Resources Committee, which includes Rep. Richard Dodge of Pleasant Lake. Both advance narrow pro-gun interests at the expense of sound public policy and the overall safety interests of Hoosiers. Both should be... (GunPolicy.org)

EASTON - Mayor Sal Panto Jr. may try to seize on the number of lost and stolen handgun reporting laws developing around the state by returning the idea to city council for a second chance. "I'm thinking about it, I can tell you that," Panto said last week. "I'd like to see Easton have it." But the mayor may have only one more vote than he did the first time, leaving him still at least one shy of approval. In November 2008, city council voted 5-2 against requiring... (GunPolicy.org)

The Police Association did not welcome the result of a poll we published recently. It found a clear majority, 65 per cent, of 2296 sampled Herald readers did not want the police to routinely carry firearms. They were content with current practice that uses specially armed squads to deal with incidents involving guns. The association president, Greg O'Connor, said this "nostalgic" view was now unrealistic. He was referring to the long-accepted view that police sidearms... (GunPolicy.org)

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four Israeli business executives were arrested in Las Vegas, along with 18 Americans, Britons and other nationals, on charges of trying to bribe someone they thought was an African defense minister to obtain a $15 million arms contract. The swoop on Jan. 19 was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year undercover sting operation by the U.S. Justice Department. It was the largest single investigation under the 1977 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,... (GunPolicy.org)