SEOUL -- The North Korean freighter that changed course after being tracked by the U.S. Navy appears to be carrying conventional small arms, including Soviet-era rifles and anti-tank launchers, a source said Saturday. "Most of its consignments are believed to be small-scale military supplies such as AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launchers," the source said, speaking on condition... [BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Yonhap (South Korea), via gunpolicy.org ]
Rwanda will host a United Nations regional meeting on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons for States of the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region and Southern Africa, on 8 and 9 July, in Kigali, the capital. The meeting is organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through its United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa... [United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs / UNODA (New York), Media release, via gunpolicy.org ]
A Red Deer man charged in connection with the seizure of 100 firearms and upwards of 500,000 rounds of ammunition has been released on bail. Hempnstuf owner David Elliott was released on a $10,000 cash bail on Thursday after being taken into custody on Tuesday. Elliott, 46, of Red Deer, has been charged with one count of uttering threats, two counts of possession of marijuana and... [Red Deer Advocate (Alberta), via gunpolicy.org ]
[Translated summary: Malian security agents tracking Illegal gun cache arrested, stripped of their weapons; suspect gun runner detained in Guinea.] L'arrestation d'un chef de bande de trafiquants d'armes et de produits prohibés a failli mal tourner entre les agents de la SE et une patrouille militaire de l'armée guinéenne le week end dernier à la frontière commune de nos deux pays. Que s'est-il... [Le Quotidien de Bamako (Mali), via gunpolicy.org ]
[Translated summary: The Ministry of Justice and 15 municipal governments of El Salvador have agreed to ban the carrying of guns in public places. The cities Santa Tecla, San Martin and Ilopango had previously implemented this ban and saw an improvement in public security.] La medida iniciaría a más tardar en un mes, y debido a los altos índices de violencia, Colón ha sido incluido en la iniciativa.... [La Prensa (San Salvador), via gunpolicy.org ]
Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths that Paralyze American Gun Policy By Dennis A. Henigan Potomac Books; 256 pp.; $29.95 Don't let the title fool you. Lethal Logic sounds like an anti-gun polemic, the latest shot in America's endless battle over the right to pack heat. It is, in part, but the book offers much more. Read from a business perspective, it dissects the marketing genius of... [Business Week (USA), Book review, via gunpolicy.org ]
A man from Canada rented a gun from Rieg's Gun Shop on South Orange Blossom Trail and killed himself with it. It's the fourth gun range suicide in the Orlando area since April. Sentinel reporter Sarah Lundy has more on the death. I have no idea how you prevent these suicides, short of ceasing the rental of firearms. Shoot Straight did so voluntarily after a murder-suicide at their... [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Blog, via gunpolicy.org ]
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida -- The Orange County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a shooting at a gun range on South Orange Blossom Trail. The shooting, which happened on Wednesday at Rieg's Gun Shop in Pinecastle, is believed to have been a suicide. Investigators said Valentin Pepeleas, 43, walked into the gun range located at 5512 South Orange Blossom Trail around 7 p.m.... [WOFL-TV (Florida), via gunpolicy.org ]
