lostinblue Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6621164.html Public Security: China begins gun crackdown to ensure social stability + - 17:05, March 24, 2009 China has launched a crackdown on gun crimes to ensure social stability, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday in an online statement. The campaign, which started March 20 and will end Oct. 31, includes confiscating illegal weapons, preventing gun crimes and supervising the use of guns. The ministry urged public security departments to confiscate illegally traded guns "and seize groups or individuals illegally making guns." The statement said the ministry hoped the campaign would "significantly reduce" crimes related to illegal guns and ensure that no "severe" cases occurred. Source:Xinhua Link to comment
usaRichard Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6621164.html Public Security: China begins gun crackdown to ensure social stability + - 17:05, March 24, 2009 China has launched a crackdown on gun crimes to ensure social stability, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday in an online statement. The campaign, which started March 20 and will end Oct. 31, includes confiscating illegal weapons, preventing gun crimes and supervising the use of guns. The ministry urged public security departments to confiscate illegally traded guns "and seize groups or individuals illegally making guns." The statement said the ministry hoped the campaign would "significantly reduce" crimes related to illegal guns and ensure that no "severe" cases occurred. Source:XinhuaI had no idea China had guns to crack down on? Wake me up! Link to comment
GZBILL Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6621164.html Public Security: China begins gun crackdown to ensure social stability + - 17:05, March 24, 2009 China has launched a crackdown on gun crimes to ensure social stability, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday in an online statement. The campaign, which started March 20 and will end Oct. 31, includes confiscating illegal weapons, preventing gun crimes and supervising the use of guns. The ministry urged public security departments to confiscate illegally traded guns "and seize groups or individuals illegally making guns." The statement said the ministry hoped the campaign would "significantly reduce" crimes related to illegal guns and ensure that no "severe" cases occurred. Source:Xinhua Why is this news??? They've been cracking down on guns for the past 45 years. Link to comment
lostinblue Posted March 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 But we thought the average person outside the armed services never had access to them. I guess we were wrong. Link to comment
warpedbored Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Convicts have been making guns in prisons for ages. Some crushed up match heads a hollow tube capable of withstanding the pressure, a projectile and ignition. Not all that complicated. Link to comment
Guest Tony n Terrific Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 China invented the gun. Link to comment
warpedbored Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 All my life I believed that China invented gun power and the gun. This Wiki article suggests that it was actually India. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_first_gun_invented Link to comment
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