MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev prohibited all state structures, Russian legal and physical persons to purchase all types of weapons in North Korea. The appropriate decree on measures for implementing UN Security Council resolution 1874 of June 12, 2009, is placed at the Kremlin's official site. "All state institutions, industrial, commercial, financial, transport and other enterprises, banks, organisations, other legal and physical persons, under Russian... (GunPolicy.org)

The gun grabbers in Washington are celebrating a federal ruling handed down Friday that upheld the tangle of rules that effectively prohibit District residents from owning firearms for the purpose of home defense. While the Supreme Court in its landmark 2008 Heller decision recognized the individual's right to own a gun, it also conceded that reasonable regulations on gun ownership might be acceptable. U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina took this concession as a... (GunPolicy.org)

A teenage girl from Greater Manchester who "celebrated" guns and gangs has been jailed for three years after "minding" a Smith and Wesson handgun loaded with Magnum bullets for a gangster. Chloe Goodman, 18, from Stephen Street, Urmston, told friends she was "looking after some heat" for a local criminal, a jury heard. The criminal, Daniel Brown, had told her not to touch the weapon as it could "blow her head off," Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester was... (GunPolicy.org)

Detectives searching the home of Judy Moran after she was arrested over her brother-in-law Des "Tuppence" Moran's murder found several guns stashed in a dog's bed and in a concealed safe, a court heard. Acting-Sgt John Niblett told Ms Moran's committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court that a cache of weapons was seized during the search, including a sawn-off shotgun found in a dog's bed. Sgt Niblett said he and another detective discovered a hidden safe... (GunPolicy.org)

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Police on Tuesday said a North Carolina father sent his daughter to school for two weeks with a dire warning: Tell anyone about your two dead siblings at home, and I'll kill you and your brother, too. She didn't tell anyone. In fact, police said no one found out the children and their mother were dead until officers came to Kenneth Jermaine Chapman's door Monday night to check on his wife because her uncle hadn't heard from her for a... (GunPolicy.org)

SEATTLE - A Washington state medical marijuana activist who nearly killed an intruder in his home this month has been barred from buying guns, even though he says he has no criminal record. Steve Sarich says he tried to buy a shotgun and a pistol a few days after the March 15 shootout to replace ones that were seized by investigators, but he failed the background check. The King County Sheriff's Office sent him an e-mail Tuesday explaining the denial. It says Sarich... (GunPolicy.org)

DETROIT - It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer. Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of "Christian warriors" preparing to fight the Antichrist. The changes in David Brian Stone's personal theology partly destroyed his marriage, his former wife says, and prosecutors claim they later led him to hatch a plot to kill police officers — a violent act the militia hoped would... (GunPolicy.org)

Terrorism has staged a comeback in Moscow. After a six-year interval, blasts hit the Moscow metro again, this time killing 38 people. Experts observe that following each terrorist attack, people show an increased interest in life insurance and in buying cars and small arms. Irina Vorobyeva, of 2K Audit Business Consultations, says that faced with such a situation people begin buying cars, afraid to travel on public transport. "We may well see a rise in car purchases,"... (GunPolicy.org)

Guns: By a 20-10 margin, the Senate voted Monday to remove the permit requirement for those who want to carry a concealed weapon. Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, sponsor of SB 1108, said all adults are permitted to carry weapons openly in Arizona. He said there is no reason for otherwise law-abiding residents to have to attend a class and go through a background check just to put a weapon under a jacket or in a purse. The House already has given preliminary approval to... (GunPolicy.org)

LYNNWOOD — Federal authorities are calling the heist of about 100 handguns from a Lynnwood gun shop a "significant" burglary and are chasing down whoever may be responsible. Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are actively and aggressively investigating, spokeswoman Cheryl Bishop said Monday. The bureau is working with Lynnwood police to catalog all the weapons stolen from Lynnwood Gun and Ammunition sometime after closing... (GunPolicy.org)

Translated summary: Policies to reduce gun violence saved 13,000 lives -- one life saved for each firearm destroyed -- in Sao Paulo State between 2001 and 2007, according to a new study 'Less Guns, Less Crimes'. Um estudo do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) e da PUC-Rio relaciona a queda no número de homicídios no Estado de São Paulo, entre 2001 e 2007, ao crescimento na apreensão de armas - sobretudo após o Estatuto do Desarmamento entrar em... (GunPolicy.org)

President Obama is under the gun when it comes to Mayor Bloomberg and his crusade against illegal weapons. Bloomberg, generally considered a White House ally, put Obama on notice after he fired off a letter to the White House this month where he reportedly accused the president of dragging his feet when it comes to gun control, according to a report today. In the March 3 letter sent from Bloomberg's coalition, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the mayor points to a... (GunPolicy.org)