International Business News - Guns http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif City officials have agreed to return hundreds of firearms that police officers confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, part of a deal to resolve a lawsuit filed by gun lobbying groups. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/nra-to-settle-suit-over-katrina-gun-seizures.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:53:33 EDT Iraq will allow doctors to carry guns to protect themselves after hundreds have been targeted and killed since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the government said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/iraq-says-doctors-can-carry-guns-for-protection.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:00:47 EDT Gun rights groups are appealing a federal judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to allow licensed gun owners to pack heat in parts of the world's busiest airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/gun-groups-to-appeal-decision-to-toss-ga-lawsuit.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:13:13 EDT Facts and figures about Finland's gun laws and gun ownership. ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/facts-and-figures-about-finlands-gun-culture.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:01:29 EDT Walt Disney World is revising its employee gun ban policy. That's according to a company memo obtained Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/walt-disney-world-revises-guns-to-work-policy.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:07:28 EDT The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama's campaign is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/nra-to-montana-obama-a-threat-to-gun-owners.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:13:50 EDT The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108575-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/nra-to-montana-obama-a-threat-to-gun-owners.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/nra-to-montana-obama-a-threat-to-gun-owners.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:43:06 EDT A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/federal-judge-no-guns-at-atlanta-airport.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:56:45 EDT Nearly all illegal guns seized in Mexico come from the United States, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/atf-says-most-illegal-guns-in-mexico-come-from-us.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:46:01 EDT A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/federal-judge-no-guns-at-atlanta-airport.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:51:03 EDT Employees with concealed weapons permits can keep guns locked in their cars at work in Florida, but businesses are allowed to prohibit customers from bringing firearms on their property, a federal judge has ruled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/fla-guns-at-work-law-upheld-by-federal-judge.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25:55 EDT Employees with concealed weapons permits can keep guns locked in their cars at work in Florida, but businesses are allowed to prohibit customers from bringing firearms on their property, a federal judge has ruled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/judge-says-fla-workers-can-keep-guns-in-cars.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:55:00 EDT The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he might pursue new gun restrictions in response to a recently enacted Georgia law that could allow people to carry concealed firearms in parts of the Atlanta airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/lawmaker-wants-no-guns-at-airports-cites-ga-law.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:19:12 EDT Law enforcement authorities have collected 697 weapons and handed out more than $132,000 as part of a guns-for-money exchange in Brooklyn. The program was held Saturday at six churches. People could turn in handguns and shotguns even if they were loaded in exchange for $200 bank cards. The weapons had to be in plastic or paper bags or shoe boxes. BB guns and air pistols were worth $20 each. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/nyc-prosecutors-trade-guns-from-money.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:55:14 EDT Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94144-guns-legal-challenges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/guns-ruling-spawns-legal-challenges-by-felons.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/guns-ruling-spawns-legal-challenges-by-felons.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:55:53 EDT Georgia Pacific's paper mill in Palatka is joining two Orlando theme parks which claim they are exempt from a new state law allowing employees to keep their guns in their cars at work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/georgia-pacific-palatka-plant-exempt-from-gun-law.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:18:01 EDT Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue said Monday that guns should be allowed in public areas of the nation's busiest airport. And he suggested his own wife might want to pack a firearm for long walks between the parking lot and the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/ga-gov-allow-guns-in-atlanta-airport.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:02:16 EDT Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work at the U.S. Embassy there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/great-guns-stray-arms-at-baghdad-embassy.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:10:02 EDT The nation's busiest airport dueled with gun rights advocates Tuesday over whether a new Georgia state law allows visitors to carry firearms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/lawsuit-filed-over-atlanta-airport-barring-guns.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:29:13 EDT Silent on central questions of gun control for two centuries, the Supreme Court found its voice Thursday in a decision affirming the right to have guns for self-defense in the home and addressing a constitutional riddle almost as old as the republic over what it means to say the people may keep and bear arms. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80753-scotus-guns.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/high-court-affirms-gun-rights-in-historic-decision.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/high-court-affirms-gun-rights-in-historic-decision.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:43:20 EDT