Nouvelles sur les armes à feu
Samoa
Samoan Police Launch New Gun Amnesty
1 October 2018
Samoa Observer
Members of the public who will use a two-months gun amnesty to bring in their unregistered and illegal guns will get a $50 Electric Power Corporation voucher.
This was announced yesterday when the Police launched a two-month long amnesty in a bid to collect unregistered and illegal guns. The amnesty ends on 30 November 2018.
This is the third amnesty under the leadership of Police Commissioner, Fuiavaili'ili Egon Keil.
Acting Prime Minister, Tuitama Dr. Leao... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Samoan Police to Destroy 300 Guns
5 July 2018
Samoa Observer
The police will destroy close to 300 illegal firearms that they recovered during their operations.
Commissioner Fuiavailiili Egon Keil said questions remain on how the firearms were brought into the country as Samoa does not manufacture weapons or ammunition.
"This coming Thursday (today) at the police headquarter at 10 o'clock we have little less than 300 firearms that we will be destroying, just like what we did back in 2015. So these weapons will be destroyed... (GunPolicy.org)
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États-Unis,Botswana,Îles Cook,Fidji,Islande,Irlande,Kiribati,Malawi,Îles Marshall,Nauru,Nouvelle Zélande,Niue,Norvège,Samoa,Îles Salomon,Tonga,Tuvalu,Royaume-Uni,Vanuatu,Îles Vierges (États-Unis)
The 19 Countries That Do Not Arm Their Police Officers
19 July 2017
CNN
A woman who called 911 to report a nearby crime was killed by a US police officer last weekend. The circumstances surrounding her death are still unclear.
The fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, a dual Australian-US national who had settled in Minnesota in 2014, has made headlines in both her native Australia and her adopted home in Minneapolis – once again reigniting the all too familiar debate surrounding the role that firearms play in both law enforcement and in... (GunPolicy.org)
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Caraïbes,Samoa américaines,Niue,Palaos,Îles Mariannes du Nord,Nauru,Îles Cook,Fidji,Micronésie,Polynésie française,Îles Marshall,Kiribati,Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée,Samoa,Îles Salomon,Tonga,Tuvalu,Vanuatu,Nouvelle Calédonie
Addressing Gun Violence in the Caribbean and the Pacific
15 July 2016
The Diplomat (Japan)
"The seas bring us together, they do not separate us."
–Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia
The Caribbean and the Pacific each offer a unique and contrasting perspective toward addressing armed violence. Despite sharing similar challenges as Small Island Developing States (SIDS), each region faces very different circumstances on the ground. In light of this, each region has taken a different approach toward addressing armed violence. The Pacific stands... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Samoa Police Destroy 500 Firearms in Amnesty
15 January 2016
Samoa Observer
Samoa's gun amnesty has closed with more than 500 illegal guns destroyed.
This was part of a Police gun amnesty programme, which started in November last year.
Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, says the amnesty was aimed to reduce gun violence,
"The main objective of this operation was to reduce the number of unlawful guns in Samoa and to afford law-abiding gun owners the chance to re-register your legally purchased guns without fear of prosecution," he... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Samoa Amnesty Nets 300+ Firearms
7 January 2016
Samoa Observer
More than 300 guns were collected by the Police during the Firearm Amnesty, which lasted for two months.
This was confirmed by Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, who said the Amnesty gave members of the public a chance to hand in their unregistered and illegal weapons, without any questions asked.
The final day was 31 December 2015.
Since that day, anyone else who turns in a weapon will be charged.
Similarly, members of the public who still have illegal... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Samoan Customs Hand Over Seized Firearms to Police
4 January 2016
Samoa Observer
The Ministry of Revenue is serious about protecting Samoa's borders.
So serious the Ministry's staff members have been intercepting and confiscating illegal firearms smuggled through various containers and parcels sent to Samoa.
Last week, the Ministry's outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Pitolau Lusia Sefo-Leau handed the weapons over to the Police Commissioner, Fuiava Egon Keil, to be destroyed.
This was done the day before the end of the Police Firearm Amnesty, in... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Wear Orange, Say No To Violence Against Women
26 November 2014
Samoa Observer
As part of 16 days of activism against gender based violence, the Pacific Small Arms Action Group has launched a report on arms, security and gender in the Pacific.
The report cautions Pacific governments that failing to address the gendered impacts of arms and security will lead to ineffective and inefficient policy.
Alistair Gee, Executive Director of Act for Peace and a member of the group, called on Pacific Island governments to work together to address the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Samoa Considers Gun Amnesty After Recent Shooting Deaths
15 October 2012
Radio New Zealand International (Shortwave)
Samoa's Ministry of Police is considering calling a gun amnesty following concerns over the increasing number of unlicensed and illegal firearms in the community.
The assistant police commissioner, Leaupepe Fatu Pula, says it's not only the public who are worried but police officers have also raised their concerns.
He says guns were found at a recent police drug raid, and a gun was used recently to kill a local taxi driver.
He also says police are investigating the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa
Drug and Gun Running by Criminal Gangs Allegedly Exposed in Samoa
6 April 2009
ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave)
An investigation by a New Zealand journalist has revealed an apparently roaring trade in illegal drugs and guns in Samoa, with claims that profits from marijuana and methamphetamine smuggled into Samoa from New Zealand are being used to buy powerful weapons from the United States.
Speaker: Security Specialist Herman Loto Sakaria
RITCHIE: The Makoi Boys is just one of the gangs operating in Samoa.
GANG MEMBER: They are looking for us, we walking on the street, we're... (GunPolicy.org)
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Samoa,Samoa américaines
Samoa Police Commissioner 'Shocked' Guns Were Smuggled to Him
22 November 2008
Samoa News
Samoa Police Commissioner, Papalii Lorenese Neru, began giving evidence, or, testimony, before the Commission of Inquiry in Samoa last Friday Nov. 15, 2008, which continued yesterday and is likely to continue for another day at least, reports Samoalive.
The inquiry in Samoa probes the alleged smuggling of guns from American Samoa to Samoa on-board the Samoa police patrol boat MV Nafanua. The guns were allegedly transported on the Nafanua during the 2008 Flag Day... (GunPolicy.org)
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