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US IANSA member elects new President

This month, Dan Gross became the new president of IANSA member in the US, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and its sister organisation, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

US: Celebrities join campaign to prevent gun violence

Actor, director and producer Michael Douglas showed his support for IANSA member the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence on a poster for the campaign ‘Too Many victims’, launched on 8 January ahead of the first anniversary of the 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona.

US: Nationwide events to mark first anniversary of Tucson shooting

On 8 January, thousands of people in 22 US states participated in a national commemoration of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona where the legal owner of a semiautomatic handgun shot and killed 6 people and injured 14.

Petition to stop US-Mexico gun smuggling

More than 20.000 people have signed a petition urging US President Barack Obama to take action to stop gun smuggling from the US to Mexico.

US: Thousands of guns missing off the inventories of arms manufacturers

At least 16,485 firearms have gone missing from the inventories of US arms manufacturers since 2009 "without a record of being legally sold", according to a new report by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

US: New government plan to tackle arms trafficking to Mexico

The US Justice Department has announced new measures to prevent arms trafficking into Mexico.

US: Top footballer and ex-convict joins campaign for gun violence prevention

In The US, Plaxico Burress, a former football player for the New York Giants, has teamed up with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in a campaign for gun violence prevention.

US: Campaigners and physicians sue over bill to ban doctors from asking about guns

In the US, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and an alliance of physicians have filed a lawsuit against a new law in the state of Florida that restricts doctors from talking to patients about the risks of a gun in the home.

Mexico: President says flow of assault weapons from the US fuels drug-related violence

Illegal exports of assault weapons from the US have contributed to an increase in drug-related violence in Mexico, since a ban on such weapons in the US ended in 2004, said the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, in a TV interview on 10 May.

Increase in US police officers killed by guns

55 police officers were killed with guns in the US in 2010, an increase from 48 the year before, according to new data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

US: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issues ranking of state gun laws

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has released its fourth annual scorecard, ranking all 50 US states according to laws that can prevent gun violence.

The Brady Campaign reacts to President Obama Op-ed on gun reforms

The US President Barack Obama released a special editorial piece titled  "We Must Seek Agreement On Gun Reforms" to the Sunday op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star on 13 March. 

US: Brady Center applauds nomination for ATF director post

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence applauds the Obama Administration’s nomination of a new director for the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

US: 1.9 million gun purchase applications refused after background checks

Since 1994 in the US, over 1.9 million applications to buy a gun have been refused due to the applicant’s failure to pass criminal background checks, according to a new report by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Screening of film about Virginia Tech Survivor

‘Living for 32’, a new film about Colin Goddard, survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 will be screened at New York University on 17 November.

US: IANSA members react to Supreme Court Ruling on 2nd Amendment

On 28 June, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment right to bear arms not only limits federal power but also that of state and local governments to regulate guns.

US: Most Americans oppose openly carried guns

A majority of Americans oppose people carrying loaded guns openly in public and more feel unsafe knowing that there are more guns in public places showed a poll conducted for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

US: Campaigners ask Starbucks to keep guns out of its coffee shops

IANSA members in the US are asking Starbucks coffee shops to ban people from carrying guns in their cafés.

US: Recent shootings show consequences of weak gun laws

Just three weeks into 2010, the US has seen an alarming number of shootings and armed domestic violence incidents throughout the country.