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Friday May 18, 2012

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Congratulations to
Andy Goddard and Lori Haas
Recipients of the
2012 Peacemaker of the Year Award
from the Richmond Peace Education Center.

Mexican MP Suggests Military Sell Arms to Civilians Directly [Espanol]
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 03:00

[Translated Summary: MP Gloria Guadalupe Rodriguez (PRI) has put forward a controversial initiative, suggesting the formal installation of a unit for selling arms in each military zone so that civilians could acquire them legally.] La diputada Gloria Guadalupe Rodríguez (PRI), presentó una polémica iniciativa que pretende solicitar formalmente la instalación de una unidad de comercialización de armamento en cada zona militar, para que los ciudadanos puedan... [Frontenet (Mexico), via GunPolicy.org]

Five-seven Semi-Automatic Pistol Arrives on Colombian Black Market
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:00

The Five-seven semi-automatic pistol, capable of piercing body armor, is already a favored weapon of the Mexican cartels. Now there are signs that this "cop killer" gun has found its way into the Colombian black market. A spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has described the Five-seven as "the weapon of choice" for Mexico's criminal organizations. The weapon first gained the attention of Mexico law enforcement after it was used... [InSight Crime (Bogota), via GunPolicy.org]

Toronto Councillors Move to Ask Government to Preserve Gun Registry
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:00

TORONTO - Toronto city council fired a shot Wednesday at the federal government for killing off the long gun registry. Councillors voted 39 to 5 to urge the province to ask the federal government for the data in the registry before it is scrapped. The vote also reaffirmed Toronto city council's long-standing support for the gun registry and ordered the city solicitor to look for ways to intervene to stop the deletion of data on the approximately 287,000 non-restricted... [Toronto Sun (Ontario), via GunPolicy.org]

Proposal for Law Against Carrying of Firearms in Honduras [Espanol]
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 03:00

[Translated Summary: Honduran social organisations are pushing for the approval of the Law for the control of firearms, munitions, explosives and related materials, so as to stop criminality in the most violent country in the world.] TEGUCIGALPA - Organizaciones sociales hondureñas impulsan la aprobación de la Ley de Control de Armas de Fuego, Municiones, Materiales Relacionados y Explosivos, para frenar la criminalidad en el país más violento del mundo. El... [Prensa Latina (Havana), via GunPolicy.org]

Canadian Minister Warns Against Back Door Firearms Register [Francais]
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Monday, 07 May 2012 03:00

[Translated Summary: The Minister for Public Security Vic Toews, threatened to take measures against any provincial or territorial weapons controller who might try to create a back door firearms register for long weapons. ] OTTAWA – Le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Vic Toews, a menacé de prendre des mesures contre n'importe quel contrôleur des armes à feu provincial ou territorial, qui chercherait à créer par la porte d'en arrière un registre des armes... [Canoe.ca (Canada), via GunPolicy.org]

Lack of Arms Trade Treaty Puts East Africa at Centre of Gun Trafficking
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Monday, 07 May 2012 03:00

A total of 300,000 small arms and light weapons have been smuggled into Uganda and other East African community countries for the last 10 years. This is as revealed by the executive secretary East Africa Action Network on small arms (EAANSA), Richard Mugisha has revealed. Mugisha said the importation of illegal small arms was high in East Africa due to the existing arms embargoes which are too easy to break or ignore by different countries. "How can the sale of... [New Vision (Kampala), via GunPolicy.org]

Indian Military Officers Found Guilty of Illegal Gun Sales
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Monday, 07 May 2012 03:00

JAISALMER: An Army court of inquiry has found 74 officers and one JCO guilty in the illegal sale of arms case in Sriganganagar between 2002 and 2004. So far, the Army has taken disciplinary action against 33 officers. Similar punitive action has been initiated against the remaining officers, said defence spokesman Col SD Goswami. Besides, the Standard Operating Procedure on disposal of non-service pattern weapons has been revised to avoid recurrence of such incidents,... [Times of India, via GunPolicy.org]

Tighter Gun Control Laws Demanded in Indonesia
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Sunday, 06 May 2012 03:00

Tighter gun-controls are being demanded by politicians and activists following a spike in firearm-related violence across the country. Poengky Indarti, executive director of human rights watchdog Imparsial, urged the government and the House of Representatives to work together to change the firearms policy. "Both should amend the law on the control of firearms and explosive, audit all firearm possession in the country and strengthen supervision and control," she said.... [Jakarta Post, via GunPolicy.org]

Gun Permits Still Issued too Frequently in Indonesia
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Sunday, 06 May 2012 03:00

Indonesia's National Police will continue to grant civilians gun permits, despite calls from lawmakers for stricter gun regulations after a series of headline-grabbing reports cast doubt on public safety. The National Police have issued more than 25,000 gun permits to civilians since 2009, not counting the 10,154 permits for guns that fire rubber bullets and 5,810 permits for airsoft guns, according to National Police spokesman Ins. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution. Critics... [Jakarta Globe, via GunPolicy.org]

Indonesian Lawmaker Urges Ban on Firearm Ownership by Civilians
Source: Gun Policy News (United States)
Sunday, 06 May 2012 03:00

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is urging the National Police to take back all firearms they have granted to civilians, including members of the House of Representatives (DPR). "People get easily angered. They can get really emotional over trivial matters," Lukman said on Sunday as quoted by tribunnews.com, adding it was economic hardship that likely had made them more "sensitive". "Imagine this: Even the most well-trained... [Jakarta Post, via GunPolicy.org]