Global gun related news February 2007

28 February 2007

Congo-Brazzaville: Japan's Grant to Help Disarm Former Combatants

allafrica.com

28 February 2007

Activists appeal on small arms

allafrica.com

28 February 2007

Congo-Kinshasa: Another Rebel Group Gives Up Arms
allAfrica.com (IRIN)

27 February 2007

Addis Ababa Meeting on Small Arms - Final Communique
Peace Journalsim

25 February 2007

International Arms Trafficking Network Dismantled in Algeria

Xinhua

25 February 2007

NZ at forefront of drive to ban cluster bombs
Radio New Zealand

24 February 2007

East Africa: Forum Urges Control of Weapons
allAfrica.com (The Reporter - Ethiopia)

24 February 2007

Maoists have 30,852 fighters, 3428 arms
The Rising Nepal

24 February 2007

How could this happen?
Corvallis Gazette Times

22 February 2007

Arms and the men
The Guardian (UK)

21 February 2007

Wal-Mart steps back from gun sales
The Union Leader (US)

21 February 2007

Record jail term for gun plot
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

20 February 2007

Shooting down the myth of the ‘gun culture’
Spiked (UK)

20 February 2007

End gun culture to trigger change
Gulf News (Dubai)

19 February 2007

Quick fixes are no cure for chronic problems
The Independent (UK)

18 February 2007

West African Officials Agree on Regional Weapons Control Measure
VOA News

17 February 2007

Illicit small arms abuse rampant in Hambantota
Sri Lanka Daily Mirror

17 February 2007

CHAD: Obstacles to getting peacekeepers on ground
IRIN

16 February 2007

Rapid Fire - Semi-automatic rifles and the law in Canada
Ottawa Citizen (Canada)

16 February 2007

Senate panels OK measures easing gun use, ownership laws
Arizona Capital Times (US)

16 February 2007

Armed police target gun gangs
Yorkshire Post (UK)

16 February 2007

Reid moves to toughen gun crime law
The Guardian (UK)

16 February 2007

Gun Crime a Growing Concern in Britain
LA Chronicle (US)

16 February 2007

Police advocate a tougher gun law
Sun-Sentinel.com (US)

16 February 2007

Bills target criminals' use of guns
LA Times (US)

15 February 2007

The facts of Britain's gun culture
The TImes (UK)

15 February 2007

More people in Hawai'i apply for gun permits
Honolulu Advertiser

15 February 2007

Child of war turned teen killer
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

14 February 2007

Conference seeks ways to control Africa's small arms trade
VOA News

14 February 2007

A Smoking Gun from the Alps
Spiegel Online (Germany)

14 February 2007

Tory gun bill on deathbed, Liberals say
Canada.com

14 February 2007

Hot Irons
Ottawa Citizen (Canada)

14 February 2007

Editorial Board: Metaphors and guns don't mix
The Stanford Daily (US)

14 February 2007

Who Imported the Arms?
This Day (Nigeria)

13 February 2007

Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran
The Telegraph (UK)

13 February 2007

Maltese company implicated in arms trafficking to Iraqi insurgents
The Malta Independent

13 February 2007

Investor kills colleagues in Pennsylvania board room meeting
New York Times (US - Registration required)

12 February 2007

WANEP boss opposes government's arms plans
Myjoyonline.com (Ghana)

11 February 2007

Voting under the gun
The National (Papua New Guinea)

10 February 2007

Fighting 'gun disease'
The London Free Press (Canada)

9 February 2007

16 gun ban violators nabbed in Davao
MindaNews (Philippines)

9 February 2007

Kenya: Mop Up Illegal Arms
allAfrica.com (The Nation - Kenya)

9 February 2007

Florida legislator targets concealed weapons permits of reckless users
Sun-Sentinel.com (US)

8 February 2007

NYC Gun Stings Questionable, Feds Say
Washington Post (US - Registration required)

8 February 2007

Gun law defies reason
Minnesota Daily (US)

8 February 2007

Ex-policeman gets 10 years for illegal gun sales
Cleveland Plain Dealer (US)

8 February 2007

Pakistan committed to curb illicit trade in small arms: Memon
Associated Press of Pakistan

8 February 2007

SUDAN: Violence continues to limit Darfur aid operations
IRIN

8 February 2007

Time to bite the bullet on gun ban
The Daily Telegraph (UK)

7 February 2007

Barry aims for gun-ban hiatus
Washington Times (US)

7 February 2007

Cluster bombs: a war's perilous aftermath
The Christian Science Monitor

6 February 2007

More evidence of drugs-for-guns trade between Jamaica and Haiti
AlterPresse-Haïti

6 February 2007

Leaders move to stop child soldiers
MWC News (Canada)

5 February 2007

Iraqi police selling weapons on black market
Washington Post (US - Registration required)

5 February 2007

UN says surge in attacks on Darfur aid workers
AlertNet

2 February 2007

Regulating Global Arms Sales and Cluster Munitions
Yahoo News

2 February 2007

Ghana: In the Face of Retarding Development WAANSA Clamours for Peace in West Africa
allAfrica.com (Ghanain Chronicle)

1 February 2007

Fatah vigilantes fight to control West Bank hometown
Houston Chronicle (US)