Gun Policy News, 14 January 2009
États-Unis
Gun Lobby Wins Battle to Allow Guns in San Francisco Housing Estates
14 January 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Housing Authority has agreed to allow its residents to own guns in a settlement of a National Rifle Association lawsuit that followed last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the right to bear arms.
In papers filed Monday with a federal judge, the Housing Authority agreed not to enforce a provision it added to tenant leases in 2005 prohibiting the possession of guns and ammunition. The ban will now apply only to illegal gun ownership, like possession... (GunPolicy.org)
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Virginia Crime Panel Deadlocked, Will Not Close Gun Show Loophole
14 January 2009
Washington Post
RICHMOND — The Virginia State Crime Commission on Tuesday declined to endorse closing the so-called gun show loophole in Virginia law, heightening uncertainty about the prospects of success in the General Assembly.
The deadlocked vote — taken before a large crowd that included gun owners, at least one survivor of the Virginia Tech shootings and friends and relatives of other massacre victims — highlighted an enduring split between country and city that... (GunPolicy.org)
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Another Gun Show Dealer Lost 40 Weapons to Thieves in Pennsylvania
14 January 2009
Times Herald (Michigan)
UPPER MERION — In the wake of the theft of machine guns and rifles from a vehicle after a gun show Dec. 21 comes the announcement that about 40 guns were also stolen from a trailer following a September gun show in King of Prussia, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
ATF Special Agent John Hageman of the Philadelphia Field Division said the dozens of weapons taken in September — all handguns — were stolen from a licensed gun... (GunPolicy.org)
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Canada
MP's First-ever Bill Aims to Demolish Canada's Long Gun Registry
14 January 2009
Fort Frances Times (Ontario)
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is planning to introduce a private member's bill calling for the abolition of the long gun registry once Parliament resumes later this month.
"The reason I'm doing that is really because I promised the constituents in every election that that's what I would do, given the opportunity, and you know what, I got the opportunity," Rafferty said last week while hosting a pre-budget consultation here.
Rafferty said he will introduce... (GunPolicy.org)
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Wrong Man May Have Confessed to Texas .50cal Sniper Rifle Shooting
14 January 2009
WFAA-TV News (Texas)
FORT WORTH — There is new information on the shooting of a woman at Texas Motor Speedway.
The wrong man may have turned himself in.
A stray bullet hit Jill Moss as she cooked inside her RV in November.
The Fort Worth Police Department is reviewing new evidence.
The day a stray bullet hit Moss, finding the shooter was like looking for a needle in a haystack; .50-caliber bullets can travel for miles.
Then, the next day, a man came forward saying he was target... (GunPolicy.org)
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