Gun Policy News, 3 April 2007
Minnesota's New Hidden Handgun Law Had 'Limited Impact, Mostly Negative'
3 April 2007
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St Paul), Editorial
It always was understood by everyone but excitable gun-rights advocates that the so-called "conceal-carry" law relaxing permit regulations for concealed weapons was a solution in search of a problem — a great way for the National Rifle Association to plump both its membership list and its treasury but of limited impact, mostly negative, on day-to-day life in Minnesota. Reporter Conrad deFiebre's informative report in the March 30 Star Tribune demonstrated that reality... (GunPolicy.org)
US Gun Lobby Fights Itself as NRA 'Undermines' the DC Gun Ban Reversal
3 April 2007
Examiner (Washington, DC), Opinion
WASHINGTON — Could the National Rifle Association and its allies in Congress be undermining the best pro-gun case ever likely to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court?
More than four years ago, three attorneys and I filed Parker v. District of Columbia, a Second Amendment case on behalf of six local residents who want to defend themselves in their own homes.
For reasons that remain unclear, we faced repeated attempts by the NRA to derail the litigation. Happily,... (GunPolicy.org)
India Moves to Recover 10,000 Missing Firearms in Licensing Clean Up
3 April 2007
Financial Express (India)
The caretaker government (CG) has adopted measures to trace and recover about 10,000 missing firearms, reports bdnews24.com.
Meanwhile, possessors of around 2,500 pistols and revolvers have been traced and legal proceedings will soon be drawn against them under the Arms Act, a Home Ministry source said.
The government first noticed the anomalies in the firearms statements during 'Operation Clean Heart' launched by the then alliance government.
Despite the... (GunPolicy.org)
Grave Loopholes Promote Movement of Guns to Illicit Possession in Kenya
3 April 2007
Kenya Times, Opinion
The grave loopholes that promote acquisition of small arms to illegal ownership were on Wednesday last week brought to the fore in a workshop held in Nairobi.
The scenario that portends looming danger for Kenyans in the hands of armed and violent gangsters became the hallmark of the deliberations with the minister for Internal Security John Michuki being accused of being slow in implementing an earlier drawn recommendations that would have since started bearing fruits... (GunPolicy.org)