HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory. The Supreme Court ruled there was no evidence that Lori DuBell intended to bring the gun magazine into Bermuda. The court issued an absolute discharge Friday meaning she will have no criminal record in the territory. The real estate broker from Naples, Florida, spent nine days in... (GunPolicy.org)

Police arrested two men this weekend in relation to firearm offences. In the early hours of Saturday morning officers arrested a 27-year-old St. George's man and a 29-year-old Hamilton Parish man on suspicion of possessing a firearm. Both men are due to appear in court soon. On Thursday, a 60-year-old American woman was also arrested for possessing an empty ammunition clip, an object used to store multiple rounds of bullets. A Police report read: "On Thursday 10th... (GunPolicy.org)

Authorities in Bermuda are asking residents to remain calm if they see police officers carrying weapons. Police Commissioner George Jackson says he is giving guns to a secret number of officers because of an increase in violence. Not all officers will be armed. Deputy Commissioner Michael DeSilva says he supports the idea. He says Bermuda is "not the Wild West and we can't start arming ourselves to the teeth." But former Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith says having... (GunPolicy.org)

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Police are thought to have recovered an assault rifle in a raid. The weapon — believed to be an AK47 — is being held by police as part of an investigation into gang activity. Rumours have circulated for years that gangs in Bermuda possess assault rifles and other machine guns. However, this is thought to be the first time police have recovered such a weapon. The find comes amid a rash of gun-related activity. A court heard yesterday that in... (GunPolicy.org)

Guns go for $3,000 on the streets of Bermuda in what is now a seller's market with owners more keen to rent them out than permanently lose valuable protection. One well-placed source said renting a hand gun will cost around $1,000. "Some people have guns and won't let them go but some who have them see it as a business. The guns usually come in with drug shipments. There are 101 different ways. "People monitor — if they see a lot of Police activity at the Airport... (GunPolicy.org)

Guns have been around for years in Bermuda but Monday's fatal shooting has sparked fears it could trigger retaliatory gun battles. Sunday's murder was the third serious unsolved gun incident in the last three months. In April two men and a woman were shot by a gunman who entered Swinging Doors nightclub on Court Street and opened fire. No one had been charged over the incident. Late last month an 18-year-old man was shot by a man riding past a group standing near the... (GunPolicy.org)

The mother of Bermuda's last shooting victim believes the Government's gun amnesty will only work if it is immediately followed by stiffer sentences for firearms offences. Marsha Jones, whose son Shaundae was blasted to death outside a West End nightclub six months ago, spoke out after Bermuda's first gun amnesty in nine years began at the weekend. Despite teething problems over exactly how Police would administer the amnesty, and how weapons should be brought in, the... (GunPolicy.org)

Shadow Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess last night called for a gun amnesty in Bermuda. Such an amnesty would allow those owning illegal firearms to turn them in to the authorities without any consequences. Mr. Burgess said there was a belief in the community that there were a large number of firearms on the Island. And he cited a recent incident where Police chased a man brandishing what appeared to be a firearm. Mr. Burgess was not deterred by a poor response... (GunPolicy.org)

HAMILTON — Police in Bermuda shot a man twice with rubber bullets in what was thought to be the first time the force in the British territory has fired at a suspect, a police spokesman said. Officers opened fire on the machete-wielding man after he allegedly refused to leave the roof of a house in Sandys parish in the west of the island after threatening family members during a domestic dispute. The 52-year-old man was hit in the stomach and leg but was not... (GunPolicy.org)