How the NRA Tried to Stop a Member From Doing Gun-Control Research
How the NRA Tried to Stop a Member From Doing Gun-Control Research
The National Rifle Association reportedly advised its members against participating in a study released this week that shows a majority of gun sellers want tougher background checks for gun buyers. The NRA apparently was unaware that the University of California professor behind the study – himself an NRA member – received the email discrediting his research. Garen Wintemute, director of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, conducted a survey of 1,601… [al Jazeera (America), via GunPolicy.org]
Gun Trafficking Charges Dropped Against Russians in Nigeria
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday heard that the alleged arms trafficking charge against the 15 Russian sailors had been dropped. The Russians, charged with unlawful importation of arms into Nigeria are: Zhelyazkov Andrey, Savchenko Sergel, Lopatin Alexey and Baranovskly Nikolay, Llia Shubov, Dimitry Bannyrh, Alexander Tsarikov and Kononov Sergel. Others are Chichkanov Vasily, Varlygin Igor, Komilov Alexander, Mishin Pavel, Korotchenko Andrey, Vorobev… [Leadership (Abuja), via GunPolicy.org]
Costa Rica Puts Gun Permit Applications Online
Starting Tuesday, aspiring gun owners in Costa Rica can now obtain their permits online, part of a larger trend by the government to include more services on the web. The head of the Public Security Ministry, Mario Zamora, made the announcement at a Tuesday press conference in the western San José neighborhood of La Sabana. Zamora noted that the system will make it easier for permit-holders and will be a law enforcement tool, tracking the country’s firearms. “The new… [Tico Times, via GunPolicy.org]
US Firearm Owners Push Their Right to Bear Arms Anywhere, Anytime
The weapon he was carrying, an AK-74 assault rifle, measures three feet long, with a barrel of about 16 inches, and is capable of firing several dozen rounds per minute. Brian McCauley says he never meant to scare anyone. The state of Texas disagrees, and his upcoming trial has become a focal point in a dangerous new battle in the national debate over gun laws. By the time McCauley walked into a San Antonio Starbucks in August, tensions had been building for years. The… [Newsweek (USA), via GunPolicy.org]
In Germany, Owning a Gun is a Privilege
Hardy Schober stops by the cemetery near his home in Winnenenden almost every day to visit the grave of his fifteen-year-old daughter. Jana was killed by a classmate four years ago in one of the most tragic school shootings in Germany’s history. “We don’t live very far from the cemetery, and I stop there and talk with her,” says Schober. He visits Jana’s grave to tell her about his day, or about what’s going on with the rest of their family. When he talks about her,… [NPR Berlin, Series, via GunPolicy.org]
Licensed Maltese Gun Dealer Charged with Illegal Gun, Ammo Sales
A 31-year-old Libyan citizen from Tripoli married to a Maltese woman and residing in Malta, was Monday morning arraigned in court along with a Maltese man after 40,000 bullets were found in the Libyan’s car on Saturday following weeks of surveillance by the Malta police. The Libyan, Feraj Issa Ali Yacoob, and Michael Azzopardi, a 55-year old Maltese, appeared in court on charges of illegally selling ammunition to Libyan organisations when they knew or could suspect… [Tripoli Post (Libya), via GunPolicy.org]
Tunisia, Algeria Work Together to Combat Gun Smuggling
Terrorist groups are looking to profit from porous borders to smuggle weapons into Tunisia, local law agencies and international police organisations warn. “Tunisia is living with the threat of the proliferation of weapons because it is a neighbour of Libya,” Theoneste Mutsindashyak, the head of the Regional Centre on Small Arms, said at a recent Interpol conference in Algeria. Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou raised the same alarm to National Constituent… [Magharebia (USA), via GunPolicy.org]
Family Kills Itself Over Money – 4 Dead, 91yr-old Survives US Shootout
A long-running feud in a Pennsylvania family ended in violence after a woman and her husband broke into her parents’ home and killed her mother and brother – before the two were shot dead by the woman’s own father, police have revealed today. The horrific violence Friday night that left four dead and only one survivor in the house in rural Ashville, Pennsylvania, may have been sparked over lingering resentment over inheritance, a family member revealed exclusively to… [Daily Mail (UK), via GunPolicy.org]
Authorities Bust Operation in India Using Fake Gun Licences to Get Guns
In a major breakthrough, Lucknow police on Sunday recovered a dozen firearms and cartridges purchased on fake licences after the arrest of two key members of an illegal arms racket operational in several states of the country. One of the members is a terminated constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The duo was arrested in Vibhuti Khand where they had come for a firearms deal. The recovered firearms included seven 12-bore double barrel guns, four… [Hindustan Times (Delhi), via GunPolicy.org]
Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll of Unintentional Shootings in the US
The .45-caliber pistol that killed Lucas Heagren, 3, on Memorial Day last year at his Ohio home had been temporarily hidden under the couch by his father. But Lucas found it and shot himself through the right eye. “It’s bad,” his mother told the 911 dispatcher. “It’s really bad.” A few days later in Georgia, Cassie Culpepper, 11, was riding in the back of a pickup with her 12-year-old brother and two other children. Her brother started playing with a pistol his father… [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]
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