Here are links to archived material for the year 2007.  The information is in the same format as the current year with the most recent news and items of interest being at the top of the list. Click on the highlighted date which will open the article.

• 31/12/2007 - Humane Society merging anti-hunting forces
  The voice of America's anti-hunting forces is trying to become more powerful
  By Bob Frye
  TRIBUNE-REVIEW OUTDOORS EDITOR
  Monday, December 31, 2007
  http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/outdoors/s_545205.html?source=rss&feed=3
  http://tinyurl.com/23e5zj
  
  
• 14/12/2007 - The New York Times discovers that hunting is a good thing
  

  Locavore, Get Your Gun

  By Steven Rinella
  The New York Times

  Anchorage
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/opinion/14rinella.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
  
  

• 27/11/2007 - Canada
  

  Police ask Day to resist gun lobby on import policy

  The Globe and Mail (Canada)

  Page: A11

  Byline: Patrick Brethour
  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071127.FIREARMS27/TPStory/?query=PATRICK+BRETHOUR
  
  

• 16/11/2007 - IANSA/Rebecca Peters on handguns
  

  Arrest the handguns
  By Rebecca Peters
  International Herald Tribune

  Friday, November 16, 2007
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/16/opinion/edpeters.php
  
  

• 12/11/2007 - Finland tragedy - EU - two more articles
  

  Finnish Prime Minister seeks firearms regulations probe after school massacre
  Associated Press (Finland)

  GEN Finland Prime Minister Guns.php

  November 11, 2007

  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/11/europe/EU
  

  EU may 'fast track' gun control
  BBC News (UK)
  Byline: Chris Summers

  November 12, 2007
  

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7028328.stm
  
  

• 09/11/2007 - Finland - IANSA
  

  Calls for tighter gun laws as Finns mourn massacre
  By Claire Soares
  The Independent - UK
  

  http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article3143276.ece

  
  
• 22/10/2007 - South Africa - Small Arms Control conference to be held in Pretoria, South Africa 14-16 November 2007
  Practical Solutions to Small Arms Control in Africa 2007 (see .pdf 424Kb file)
  
  
• 17/10/2007 - UN GA First Committee RCW excerpt on small arms

  Reaching Critical Will
  First Committee Monitor
  First Edition - 8-12 Oct 2007
  (Small arms excerpt)
  http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/FCM07/week1.html#SALW
  
  

• 14/10/2007 - US California bills
  

  Gov. signs gun bills opposed by NRA
  Los Angeles Times (CA)
  Metro Desk; B 1
  Byline: Patrick McGreevy; Staff Writer
  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la
  
  

• 06/102007 - UN GA First Committee starts debate
  http://media-newswire.com/release_1055609.html
  
  

• 19/09/2007 - Landmines and small arms - NGO statement
  10 years with the Mine Ban Treaty - Human Security is the way forward
  Statement from Civil Society organizations to States celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty - Oslo 18 September 2007
  Reliefweb
  http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-776HUP?OpenDocument
  
  

• 10/09/2007 - China
  

  Breaking 10-year silence, China reveals it’s now No 1 arms supplier to Bangladesh

  The Sunday Express - Mumbai - India

  Pranab Dhal Samanta
  Posted online: Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 0000 hrs
  http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/215320.html
  
  

• 21/08/2007 - Sudan - China
  

  Pressure changed Chinese Darfur stance - report
  Sunday 19 August 2007 02:30
  Sudan Tribune

  August 21, 2007
  http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article23338
  
  

• 16/08/2007 - Venezuela - Russia
  Chávez’s Bid for Russian Arms Pains U.S.
  By C.J. Chivers
  New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/world/europe/16russia.html?oref=slogin
  
  
• 13/08/2007 - Iraq
  

  Bad guys make even worse allies
  A notorious arms dealer was the wrong person to enlist in the U.S. war effort in Iraq
  By Stephen Braun
  Los Angeles Times
  http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-braun13aug13,1,5689261.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

  
  
• 10/08/2007 - South Africa - 3 articles on hunting and the economy
  Shooting game an exploding industry
  Hunting Industry; 16
  Financial Mail (South Africa)
  A shot in the arm
  Byline: Sherry Shannon
  Hunting Industry; 64
  Financial Mail (South Africa)
  It's not a game
  Byline: Sherry Shannon
  Hunting Industry; Challenges; 64
  Financial Mail (South Africa)
  
  
• 06/08/2007 - Article
  Nations' Rates of Private Gun Ownership do not correlate to Rates of Murder
  By Don B. Kates and Carol Hehmeyer
  Forum Column
  DAILY JOURNAL NEWSWIRE ARTICLE
  http://www.dailyjournal.com
  06/08/2007 - Venezuela - Russia
  

  Russia to Build Venezuelan Rifle Plants in October (Update1)

  By Ellen Pinchuk and Sebastian Alison

  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aRqax1rrsR8w&refer=latin_america
  
  
• 29/07/2007 - United Kingdom
  Ministers try to ease gun law for Games
  Brian Brady
  Westminster Editor
  News.scotsman.com
  http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1181122007
  
  
• 26/07/2007 - China
  China rejects arms trade accusation
  (Xinhua)
  http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/26/content_5444276.htm
  
  
• 04/07/2007 - Africa - Nigeria
  Nigeria: Stakeholders task FG on arms proliferation
  This Day (Lagos)
  Abimbola Akosile
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200707040640.html
  
  
• 02/07/2007 - New head of UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
  UN press release SG/A/1075
  Secretary-General appoints Sergio de Queiroz Duarte of Brazil High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
  02/07/2007 - Canada
  Survey finds more opposition than support for tougher measures
  By Tonda MacCharles
  Toronto Star reporter
  OTTAWA BUREAU
  http://www.thestar.com/News/article/231587
  
  
• 29/06/2007 - UN Security Council statement on small arms
  UN press release SC/9063
  Security Council, gravely concerned at destabilising effect of iIlicit small arms, calls on states to observe embargoes, destroy surplus, in Presidential Statement
  
  
• 27/06/2007 - European Union

  MEPs tighten EU rules on gun ownership

  European Parliament

  http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/054‑8255‑177‑06‑26‑909‑20070625IPR08236‑26‑06‑2007‑2007‑false/default_en.htm
  
  
• 21/06/2007 - EU Parliament and the ATT
  

  EP calls for support an International Arms Trade Treaty

  European Parliament Press Service
  http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/031-7986-169-06-25-903-20070615IPR07921-18-06-2007-2007-false/default_en.htm
  
  
• 19/06/2007 - UK Secretary of State for international development on the ATT
  

  Let's talk about arms
  One person a minute dies from a gunshot. Now we have a chance to reduce weapons trading

  Hilary Benn
  The Guardian
  http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2106207,00.html
  
  

• 18/06/2007 - China and small arms
  

  China’s Arms Trail

  Gordon G. Chang - 6.18.2007 - 3:58PM
  

  Commentary Magazine

  http://www.commentarymagazine.com/contentions/index.php/chang/549
  
  

• 12/06/2007 - Brokering GCE
  UN press release DC/3071
  Expert group on illicit brokering in small arms, light weapons concludes work;
  

  CONSENSUS REPORT RECOMMENDS ELEMENTS FOR INCLUSION IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION

  
  
• 30/05/2007 - UK
  Minister urges teenagers to take up shooting to improve behaviour
  The Sunday Telegraph (UK)
  News; 6
  May 27, 2007
  Byline: Jonathan Wynne Jones
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/27/nshoot27.xml
  30/05/2007 - Canada
  Panel loaded with gun buffs: Make up of advisory group suggests Tories out of step with urban attitude on weapons
  The Toronto Star (Canada)
  News; A21
  May 28, 2007
  Byline: Susan Delacourt
  http://www.thestar.com/News/article/218332
  30/05/2007 - Canada
  

  Day tries to quell gun storm; Pro gun advocates are 'a few voices in a large crowd,' he says, but critics concerned minister has cited them
  The Toronto Star (Canada)
  News; A14

  May 29, 2007
  Byline: Susan Delacourt
  http://www.thestar.com/article/218682
  
  
• 09/05/2007 - DC Second Amendment ruling
  
  Appellate Judges Let Gun Ruling Stand
  Fenty 'Deeply Disappointed'; District Might Defend Ban Before the Supreme Court
  By Carol D. Leonnig
  Washington Post Staff Writer
  Wednesday, May 9, 2007; Page B01
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050801212.html
  
  
• 08/05/2007 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Arms Trade Treaty (two broadcasts)
  Calls for UN illegal arms treaty
  

  Illegal weapons that are manufactured in western countries are being used by terrorists worldwide and have prompted calls for a United Nations treaty governing the international sale of arms

  Reporter: Michael Edwards
  
  http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1916765.htm
  Tony Jones speaks with the president of Oxfam, Mary Robinson, about illegal arms trade
  http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1916674.htm
  
  
• 07/05/2007 - New York Times article on the US Second Amendment
  A Liberal Case for the Individual Right to Own Guns Helps Sway the Federal Judiciary
  By Adam Liptak
  The New York Times
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/us/07firearms.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
  
  
• 05/05/2007 - Two articles from Kenya
  

  Kenyan Farmers Want Land Open to Hunters

  Associated Press

  April 21, 2007
  Byline: Chris Tomlinson

  http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/22/ap3638482.html
  Wildlife Policy 'Favours the Rich'

  The Nation (Kenya)
  April 24, 2007

  http://allafrica.com/stories/200704231399.html
  
  

• 02/05/2007 - Switzerland
  

  Swiss Mull Tighter Gun Laws

  Spiegel online
  REUTERS
  http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,480545,00.html
  
  
• 25/04/2007 - Independent UN rights expert calls on United States to re examine gun laws
  United Nations News
  http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22347&Cr=united&Cr1=states
  
  
• 24/04/2007 - Arms Trade Treaty - antifiream groups use Virginia Tech to support UN efforts 
  Hopes That Massacre Will Spark Treaty
  By EDITH M. LEDERER
  Associated Press Writer
  Las Vegas SUN
  http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/apr/24/042400661.html
  

  U.N. Readies for Draft on Small Arms Control Treaty
  Thalif Deen
  Inter Press Service
  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37472
  Campaign to End Gun Trade Ramps Up
  Haider Rizvi
  OneWorld US
  http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/148511/1/
  
  

• 23/04/2007 - Press Conference on Global Arms Trade Treaty
  United Nations
  http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2007/070423_Arms.doc.htm
  
  
• 22/04/2007 - Australia
  New Research Shows Mass Shooting Claim is Smoke and Mirrors
  Media Release April 22 2007
  Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (South Australia) Inc.
  www.ssaasa.org.au
  ref: ABC News Online - Suicide data suggest gun buyback successful: ANU team. 22/04/2007
  

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1903564.htm
  
  

• 11/04/2007 - Canadian statement to Disarmament Commission - edited
  http://www.maximsnews.com/107mnunapril10canadaunchrisgoutundisarmamentcommission.htm
  Statement by Chris Grout, Rep of Canada to UN to UN Disarmament Commission
  MaximsNews.com, UN
  US ammuntion production in the news
  Gain Insight Into the Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing Industry in the U.S.
  

  http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070411005522&newsLang=en
  
  

• 04/04/2007 - South Africa and ammo
  Africa Arms Firm Breaks Ammo Sales Ban
  South Africa's state arms agency Armscor sold hundreds of millions of rounds of small arms ammunition
  Javno - RSA website
  4/4/07
  Johannesburg
  Reuters
  http://www.javno.com/en/economy/clanak.php?id=32531
  
  
• 23/03/2007 - OSCE worried about small arms trafficking by air

  22 March 2007 | 00:13
  FOCUS News Agency

  http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n108443

  
  
• 16/03/2007 - Commentary: Under fire: the international arms trade
  March 15, 2007
  Byline: Martin Bell
  Editorial & Opinion; 47
  The Independent (UK)
  http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2362718.ece
  
  
• 15/03/2007 - UN Human Rights Office article on small arms - Frey interview - Peters interview
  

  Here is a major article, from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on small arms:

  http://www.irinnews.org/IndepthMain.aspx?IndepthId=8&ReportId=58952

  An interview with Barbara Frey, Special Rapporteur on small arms, goes with the article:

  http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=8&ReportId=58967

  As does an interview with Rebecca Peters of IANSA:
  http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=8&ReportId=58969

  
  
• 02/03/2007 - Kenya
  

  Citizens to Decide On Hunting Ban

  Byline: Nation Reporter
  The Nation (Kenya)

  Nairobi, Mar 01, 2007 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200703011195.html
  
  

• 01/03/2007 - South Africa - elephant culling
  South Africa Considers Culling Elephants as Last Resort
  

  By Michael WINES
  

  The New York Times

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/world/africa/01safrica.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
  
  

• 28/02/2007 - Africa: Activists Appeal On Small Arms
  Eleneus Akanga
  Posted to the web February 28, 2007
  The New Times (Kigali)
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200702280371.html
  
  
• 22/02/2007 - South Africa and hunting
  Government finalizes new laws on big‑game hunting
  Associated Press (South Africa)
  Byline: Clare Nullis
  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/20/africa/AF‑GEN‑South‑Africa‑Hunting.php
  
  
• 16/02/2007 - ATT Consultations
  Consultations have begun on the proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) - IANSA is making a concerted effort to see that there is significant grassroots input from their side
  Control Arms: the People's Consultation on an ATT
  http://www.iansa.org/campaigns_events/PeoplesConsultation.htm
  
  
• 12/02/2007 - ECOWAS
  Gov’t to Host ECOWAS Arms Confab
  By: Karimatu Anas
  http://www.theheritagenews.com/article.asp?id=209
  
  
• 08/02/2007 - UK Commentary: Time to bite the bullet on gun ban

  The Telegraph (UK)

  Sport; 13

  Byline: Kate Hoey, Labour MP

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/02/08/sohoey08.xml

  
  
• 07/02/2007 - EU and film - Euro parliament to view gun film
  Francken movie looks at growth in small arms trade
  Variety
  By Katja Hofman
  http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958820.html?categoryid=19&cs=1
  
  
• 25/01/2007 - Interesting article from the UK
  Gunpoint robberies soar
  The Guardian
  Press Association
  

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6370387,00.html

  
  
• 19/01/2007 - AP: U.N. chief to drop merger plan
  Edith M Lederer
  Associated Press
  
  
• 16/01/2007 - U.N. Move to Downgrade Disarmament Triggers Protests
  Inter Press Service News Agency
  POLITICS:
  Thalif Deen
  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36194
  
  
• 05/01/2007 - Dealing and wheeling in small arms

  A dangerous trade, kept from the public eye
  by Wendy Braanker*
  * RNW Internet translation

  http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ned070104mc