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State Duma deputy chair proposes strengthening of gun control

A deputy chair of Russia’s State Duma Irina Yarovaya has drafted a bill toughening regulations of fire smoothbore weapon acquisition.

10:51 21.11.2018

Weapons were smuggled to the Caucasus via Ukraine – FSB

Russians and Ukrainians smuggled weapons from EU countries to the North Caucasus via Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday.

13:34 20.03.2014

Bill proposing ban on weapons purchase by criminals forwarded to Duma

The government forwarded for the State Duma’s review a draft law proposing a ban on weapons purchased by individuals convicted of serious crimes committed with the use of firearms .

13:01 11.09.2013

Russian government set to consider tougher gun laws

A new bill which is expected to reach the Russian government by September 20 is designed to toughen the federal gun law.

19:39 29.08.2013

Russia introduces fines for shooting outdoors

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that bans shooting firearms in public places, the Kremlin press office reports on Wednesday.

17:14 03.07.2013

Russian schizophrenic stocks up bunker with arms in fear of world war

The Volgograd City Court will consider sending a 24-year-old local resident for mandatory psychiatric treatment after he built a bunker beneath his garage and stocked up on arms in fear of a global armed conflict.

12:33 27.05.2013

1% of Russians admit to using non-lethal guns - poll

Six percent of respondents stated that they, their friends, or their acquaintances have owned non-lethal guns, and 1% admitted to having used them, the VTsIOM national public opinion research center reported following a poll.

17:07 24.04.2013

State Duma deputy speaker proposes banning guns in public places

State Duma Deputy Speaker Sergei Zheleznyak has proposed banning or limiting guns in public places on Wednesday. He believes that several bills should be considered that seek to ban or to limit guns in public places, where security must be ensured by law enforcement agencies.

15:53 17.04.2013

US Supreme Court refuses to review New York concealed weapon law

The US Supreme Court declined to consider a case challenging New York’s state gun laws in the context of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees the rights of citizens to bear arms.

22:01 15.04.2013

UN General Assembly adopts historic Arms Trade Treaty

In a decisive move toward regulating the grey to black markets that have historically surrounded the global arms trade, the UN General Assembly voted by a landslide Tuesday to approve the world’s first comprehensive arms trade treaty.

13:09 03.04.2013

UN fails once again to produce an arms-trade treaty

Widespread optimism that the UN Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty would culminate in the adoption of a binding legal text regulating the international arms market was abruptly derailed Thursday at the hands of Iran, Syria, and North Korea, who asserted concerns that the draft document did little to ensure the protection of their national interests.

14:13 29.03.2013

Pro-gun groups challenge constitutionality of New York gun law reform

Various US pro-gun advocacy groups teamed up to sue New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and various other state and local officials over the constitutionality of a sweeping gun control law passed last January.

19:01 22.03.2013

Russian Government urges increased penalties for firing guns in cities

Russian legislators need to do more to deter the firing of weapons within Russian city limits, the Russian government reported on its website Monday in response to its analysis of a bill seeking to increase fines for such offenses.

17:05 11.03.2013

Two suspects in custody after latest US school shooting

Total of three people reported shot at a Texas college on Tuesday, including a maintenance man who reportedly got caught in the crossfire.

10:01 23.01.2013

Ex-policeman gets 6 years on gun running charges

A former police officer was sentenced to six years in a high-security prison for running an illegal arms trade operation in the Leningrad Region, the Investigative Committee said on Monday.

15:06 21.01.2013

Obama presents sweeping gun reform plan in Sandy Hook's bloody aftermath

US President Barrack Obama presented a comprehensive plan Wednesday aimed at curbing gun violence in the aftermath of the second-deadliest school shooting in US history – a massacre which claimed the lives of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last month.

10:12 17.01.2013

Tensions soar as US strives to balance gun rights, safety in Newtown’s aftermath

As US Vice President Joe Biden evokes graphic images of small children “riddled with bullet holes” while lobbying for change in the aftermath of December’s Newtown massacre, guns and ammunition are flying off the shelves across the nation amidst mounting fears of sweeping legislative reform.

19:10 12.01.2013

Russian bailiffs may be allowed to carry and use weapons

MP Alexander Ageyev is drafting a bill allowing bailiffs in Russia to carry guns. “There were 244 potentially life threatening attacks committed against bailiffs in the first ten months of 2012,” Ageyev said, justifying why bailiffs should be entitled to carry weapons.

12:23 25.12.2012

Medvedev speaks out against free weapon possession

The Russian Prime Minister has spoken out against the admissibility of carrying weapons in Russia again, following the tragedy in the United States last week.

11:44 17.12.2012

US gun laws under fire in aftermath of deadly school shooting

20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire on students and teachers in a small town Connecticut elementary school Friday, killing 20 children and six adults. His mother’s body was discovered in her Newton, Connecticut home, and Lanza apparently died by his own hand on the scene, bringing the death toll up to 28.

18:58 15.12.2012