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11 7th, 2008| 
“This financial assistance is the first of its kind aimed at complementing the Government’s efforts to implement the National Action Plan on Small Arms and Light Weapons to eradicate the illicit proliferation of firearms in the county,” said Iyambo.
The Sheriff’s Department has begun the process of revoking hundreds of concealed weapon permits across Orange County.
This week, department officials confirmed that 146 letters have been sent out advising current license holders that their permits to carry firearms in public – called CCWs – are being revoked. There are currently 1,024 permit holders.
Thailand plans to be gun-free in five years. Even Bangladesh has rapidly moved to improve its gun registration, control and recovery processes.
Russian troops are pulling out of Georgian territory, but expect that disarming the regions as they withdraw may take some time, according to an official at the Russian Embassy in Washington. He also denied charges that the Russian army has engaged in any looting or ethnic cleansing.
Yevgeniy Khorishko, the press secretary for the Russian Embassy, told RTTNews that some delays were inevitable as Russian troops have to secure “hundreds of tanks” and thousands of small arms left behind by fleeing Georgian troops following Moscow’s August 8th intervention.
ANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wants the disarming and demobilization of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels part of the talking points when peace negotiations resume.
The President said on Monday night that the issue of disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation (DDR) should be part of the comprehensive agreement of the two sides and she would enlist the help of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on this matter.
Alexander Hamilton wrote the right of self-defense is paramount to positive forms of government and an essential check against infringements of our rights. James Madison also noted the American militia, “… forms a barrier against the enterprise of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.”
In total agreement with all the founding fathers, George Mason said, “I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.”
Today, U.S. Code Title 10, Subtitle A, Part I, Chapter 13, 311 defines the vast majority of the population as ‘disorganized militia.’
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: The Brazilian government is beginning a gun buyback program officials hope will take 500,000 weapons off the streets.
Officials say the program will allow people to turn in guns with no questions asked.
Beginning Sunday, the government will pay between US$60 and US$185, depending on the model and condition of the gun. The program ends in December.
Officials say A similar program in 2004 removed at least 300,000 guns from the streets.