African Media Tasked to Assist Security Agencies Fight Arms Trafficking
19 April 2012 - 2:00pmMr Jones Applerh, Executive Secretary, Small Arms and Light Weapons Commission, (SALW), on Friday appealed to the media to help security agencies control small arms proliferation in the country, especially before, during and after the December polls. He urged the media to use the power of mass communication to expose the dangers of illicit proliferation of small arms into Ghana and other West African States. Mr Applerh was addressing a three-day capacity building... [Ghana News Agency, via GunPolicy.org]
African Media Tasked to Assist Security Agencies Fight Arms Trafficking
19 April 2012 - 2:00pmMr Jones Applerh, Executive Secretary, Small Arms and Light Weapons Commission, (SALW), on Friday appealed to the media to help security agencies control small arms proliferation in the country, especially before, during and after the December polls. He urged the media to use the power of mass communication to expose the dangers of illicit proliferation of small arms into Ghana and other West African States. Mr Applerh was addressing a three-day capacity building... [Ghana News Agency, via GunPolicy.org]
Record Number of Gun Permits in Hawaii, More Women Taking Gun Classes
17 April 2012 - 2:00pmHONOLULU – Numbers released by the Department of the Attorney General show a record number of permits were issued for firearms and a record number of firearms were registered in Hawaii in 2011. Last year 14,460 permits were issued statewide compared to 12,214 in 2010. And 36,804 firearms were registered in Hawaii in 2011 compared to 31,390 the year before. "Most of the folks we get are acquiring firearms for the purposes of protection," said Bill Richter, President... [News Now (Hawaii), via GunPolicy.org]
Record Number of Gun Permits in Hawaii, More Women Taking Gun Classes
17 April 2012 - 2:00pmHONOLULU – Numbers released by the Department of the Attorney General show a record number of permits were issued for firearms and a record number of firearms were registered in Hawaii in 2011. Last year 14,460 permits were issued statewide compared to 12,214 in 2010. And 36,804 firearms were registered in Hawaii in 2011 compared to 31,390 the year before. "Most of the folks we get are acquiring firearms for the purposes of protection," said Bill Richter, President... [News Now (Hawaii), via GunPolicy.org]
America's Deadly Devotion to Guns: A British Columnist Meets the NRA
15 April 2012 - 2:00pmThere are around 90 guns for every 100 Americans yet, despite 85 fatal shootings a day, the mighty US gun lobby is as powerful as ever. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, Gary Younge reports on the country's deadly attachment to firearms At an organising breakfast for National Rifle Association (NRA) grassroots activists, Samuel Richardson, a man with whom I have not exchanged a word, passes me a note. "Please read the book Injustice by Adams," it reads. "He was... [Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org]
America's Deadly Devotion to Guns: A British Columnist Meets the NRA
15 April 2012 - 2:00pmThere are around 90 guns for every 100 Americans yet, despite 85 fatal shootings a day, the mighty US gun lobby is as powerful as ever. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, Gary Younge reports on the country's deadly attachment to firearms At an organising breakfast for National Rifle Association (NRA) grassroots activists, Samuel Richardson, a man with whom I have not exchanged a word, passes me a note. "Please read the book Injustice by Adams," it reads. "He was... [Guardian (UK), via GunPolicy.org]
Canada Votes to Kill Long Gun Registry, Delete Data on Gun Owners
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmOTTAWA — The Conservative government vowed during the 2011 election to eliminate the long-gun registry. On Wednesday night, the bill to officially end the registry had its final vote in the Senate — leaving only a signature from the Governor General needed to officially kill the registry. That signature signing Bill C-19 into law should come Thursday morning. By a vote of 50-27, senators approved the bill, marking the last political hurdle needed to kill the... [Montreal Gazette (Québec), via GunPolicy.org]
Guns, Domestic Shootings Factor in Kenya's 1,756 Violent Deaths
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmSome 1,756 people were killed last year by violent and armed criminals, a new police report shows. The report, which records an increase in serious crimes like murder and violent robbery, cites the rise of criminal gangs and availability of guns on the black market as the reasons. It shows a seven per cent surge in incidents reported to police compared to 2010. Police, however, note that a "significant" number of victims were not killed by gangsters but died at the... [Nation (Kenya), via GunPolicy.org]
Quebec Seeks Injunction to Stop Canada Deleting Gun Registry Records
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmAfter months of threatening legal action against the federal government to preserve records on the 1,560,359 long guns registered in Quebec, Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier announced Tuesday that he will challenge in Quebec Superior Court the constitutionality of Bill C-19, empowering Ottawa to destroy the records. Quebec has asked repeatedly that records on Quebec residents be transferred so the province can create its own registry. As well, the National Assembly... [Montreal Gazette (Québec), via GunPolicy.org]
Canada Votes to Kill Long Gun Registry, Delete Data on Gun Owners
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmOTTAWA — The Conservative government vowed during the 2011 election to eliminate the long-gun registry. On Wednesday night, the bill to officially end the registry had its final vote in the Senate — leaving only a signature from the Governor General needed to officially kill the registry. That signature signing Bill C-19 into law should come Thursday morning. By a vote of 50-27, senators approved the bill, marking the last political hurdle needed to kill the... [Montreal Gazette (Québec), via GunPolicy.org]
Guns, Domestic Shootings Factor in Kenya's 1,756 Violent Deaths
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmSome 1,756 people were killed last year by violent and armed criminals, a new police report shows. The report, which records an increase in serious crimes like murder and violent robbery, cites the rise of criminal gangs and availability of guns on the black market as the reasons. It shows a seven per cent surge in incidents reported to police compared to 2010. Police, however, note that a "significant" number of victims were not killed by gangsters but died at the... [Nation (Kenya), via GunPolicy.org]
Quebec Seeks Injunction to Stop Canada Deleting Gun Registry Records
3 April 2012 - 2:00pmAfter months of threatening legal action against the federal government to preserve records on the 1,560,359 long guns registered in Quebec, Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier announced Tuesday that he will challenge in Quebec Superior Court the constitutionality of Bill C-19, empowering Ottawa to destroy the records. Quebec has asked repeatedly that records on Quebec residents be transferred so the province can create its own registry. As well, the National Assembly... [Montreal Gazette (Québec), via GunPolicy.org]
Tory MP in Hot Water after Guns-for-All, Especially Girls Speech in Ottawa
29 March 2012 - 1:00pmSaskatchewan Tory MP Garry Breitkreuz found himself in hot water Thursday after an Ottawa mother complained he told a Grade 10 class that everyone in Canada should be armed - especially girls. Dianna Sakisheway wrote a scathing letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews this week. Her complaint stems from a speech Breitkreuz - known as the father of the legislation to repeal the long-gun registry - gave during a career day at Ottawa's Canterbury high school on March... [Vancouver Sun (British Columbia), via GunPolicy.org]
Tory MP in Hot Water after Guns-for-All, Especially Girls Speech in Ottawa
29 March 2012 - 1:00pmSaskatchewan Tory MP Garry Breitkreuz found himself in hot water Thursday after an Ottawa mother complained he told a Grade 10 class that everyone in Canada should be armed - especially girls. Dianna Sakisheway wrote a scathing letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews this week. Her complaint stems from a speech Breitkreuz - known as the father of the legislation to repeal the long-gun registry - gave during a career day at Ottawa's Canterbury high school on March... [Vancouver Sun (British Columbia), via GunPolicy.org]
Hidden Handgun Permit Holders Killed 391 US Civilians, Police in 5 Years
27 March 2012 - 1:00pmThe debate over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin seems to be devolving into an argument about the right to wear hoodies, but it really does not appear to be a promising development. Congress, which never draws any serious conclusions from terrible tragedies involving gunplay, did have time on Wednesday to fight about whether Representative Bobby Rush of Chicago violated the House dress code when he took off his suit jacket, revealing a gray sweater he was wearing... [New York Times, Column, via GunPolicy.org]
Hidden Handgun Permit Holders Killed 391 US Civilians, Police in 5 Years
27 March 2012 - 1:00pmThe debate over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin seems to be devolving into an argument about the right to wear hoodies, but it really does not appear to be a promising development. Congress, which never draws any serious conclusions from terrible tragedies involving gunplay, did have time on Wednesday to fight about whether Representative Bobby Rush of Chicago violated the House dress code when he took off his suit jacket, revealing a gray sweater he was wearing... [New York Times, Column, via GunPolicy.org]
Calls for Gun Control in Israel as More Guards Shoot Their Families
17 March 2012 - 1:00pmIsrael has a booming security industry, but a loophole in the law allows guards to take their weapon's home. That's led to an alarming incidence of domestic gun-related crime against women. Israel's only disarmament lobby group has launched a campaign to tigthen Israel's gun laws before more women are... [ABC News (Australia), Audio, via GunPolicy.org]
Public Stigma Drives Toronto Gun Hobbyists, Shooters Underground
17 March 2012 - 1:00pmEllen loads five bullets into her favourite pistol, a .22-caliber Browning Challenger, and demonstrates her favourite shooting stances. She begins with two hands holding the gun straight out in front of her, elbows slightly bent and feet hip-width apart for balance before changing poses, with her left hand behind her back, her palm facing outward, and the pistol in her right hand. She is a Toronto grandmother of two in her mid-sixties and she is sharing her love of... [National Post (Toronto), via GunPolicy.org]
Calls for Gun Control in Israel as More Guards Shoot Their Families
17 March 2012 - 1:00pmIsrael has a booming security industry, but a loophole in the law allows guards to take their weapon's home. That's led to an alarming incidence of domestic gun-related crime against women. Israel's only disarmament lobby group has launched a campaign to tigthen Israel's gun laws before more women are... [ABC News (Australia), Audio, via GunPolicy.org]
Public Stigma Drives Toronto Gun Hobbyists, Shooters Underground
17 March 2012 - 1:00pmEllen loads five bullets into her favourite pistol, a .22-caliber Browning Challenger, and demonstrates her favourite shooting stances. She begins with two hands holding the gun straight out in front of her, elbows slightly bent and feet hip-width apart for balance before changing poses, with her left hand behind her back, her palm facing outward, and the pistol in her right hand. She is a Toronto grandmother of two in her mid-sixties and she is sharing her love of... [National Post (Toronto), via GunPolicy.org]