Gun Policy News, 6 January 2009
Pakistan
For Middle-Class Pakistanis, an AK-47 or a Handgun Is a Must-Have Item
6 January 2009
Wall Street Journal
LAHORE, Pakistan — After escaping kidnappers who chained him to a bed for 25 days, Mohammad Javed Afridi pressed Pakistani law enforcement for swift justice. The police offered him something else: temporary permits for four automatic assault rifles.
Since Mr. Afridi's ordeal ended in mid-October, police in his hometown of Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan, haven't made an arrest in his case. They raided the kidnappers' hide-out, but the captors got away, a senior... (GunPolicy.org)
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États-Unis
US Gun Show Dealers Lose 70 Handguns, Machine Guns in Truck Thefts
6 January 2009
WTXF-TV News (Philadelphia)
PHILADELPHIA — Investigators have expressed growing concern over two major gun rip-offs that have put dozens of machine guns, sniper rifles and handguns on the street.
It now looks like more than 70 high-powered weapons and handguns were taken in the two thefts.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as the FBI and the Secret Service, have been alerted.
Federal investigators tell Fox 29's Dave Schratwieser they're hot on the trail of the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Ouganda
Ban Guns, Prevent Husbands Slaughtering Wives in Uganda - Archbishop
6 January 2009
New Vision (Kampala)
KAMPALA — The Government has been urged to disarm civilians to curb the increasing cases of homicide.
The Archbishop of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pr. John Wani, condemned the rampant murder cases of spouses, saying Police should augment its investigations so that culprits do not go free.
"Many Ugandans have proved to be blind to the gospel we preach. Husbands are slaughtering their wives," he lamented.
The Police recently reported that over 86 Ugandans were... (GunPolicy.org)
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États-Unis
Angry Ohio Boy, 4 Years Old, Shoots Babysitter for Stepping on His Foot
6 January 2009
Associated Press
JACKSON, Ohio — Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter.
Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.
Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was watching the child at a mobile home in Jackson with several other teenagers and several other... (GunPolicy.org)
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Inde
Most New Delhi Gun Homicides Committed with Locally Crafted Guns
6 January 2009
Live Mint TV / Hindustan Times (New Delhi), Transcript
FARRUKHABAD, Uttar Pradesh — At first sight, there's nothing to set apart this small yet bustling town on the Ganga, located near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The chaotic medley of traffic — cycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, cars, buses and tractors — bouncing along potholed roads could be a scene from any town in India.
Yet, Farrukhabad, about a 9-hour drive from New Delhi and the headquarters of an Uttar Pradesh district, has the distinction, albeit dubious, of... (GunPolicy.org)
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