http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-290

5-4 Supreme Court decision that ruled unconstitutional the ban on handgun ownership of the District of Columbia. Overturns court precedent in reading the Second Amendment as conferring a right of individual ownership of guns unconnected with service in a militia. From Findlaw.com

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/222981.pdf

More than 11,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. have acquired electro-muscular-disruption technologies, also known as conducted energy devices or stun guns or tasers, to reduce deaths and serious injuries related to arrests. However a significant number of deaths have resulted after exposure to a CED, prompting this study on whether CEDs can contribute to or cause mortality and in what ways. From the National Institute of Justice.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/105525.pdf

7th edition of a periodic report. Covers U.S. activities in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to remove mines, small arms, man-portable air-defense systems, and other conventional arms from former areas of conflict. From the State Department.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34446_20080411.pdf

Reviews the Court of Appeals decision that ruled unconstitutional the ban on individual ownership of handguns by the District of Columbia. The case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in March and a decision is expected by June 2008. Also provides an overview of prior judicial interpretation of the Second Amendment. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/bcft06st/bcft06st.htm

Provides statistics on the number of applications checked by state, the number of applications denied and the reason for denial, and the number of arrests for falsified applications. In 2006, 1.6% of 8.6 million applications were denied. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/injury99-05/injury99-05.htm

Traffic accidents, poisoning, and firearms continued to be the three leading causes of death from injuries in the U.S. in 2005. Poisoning first passed firearms mortality in 2004. From 2004 to 2005 traffic accident deaths increased 1%, firearms deaths 4%, and poisoning deaths 8%. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/poisoning/poisoning.htm

Poisoning is now the second leading cause of injury death in the U.S, after surpassing firearms fatalities in 2004. The vast majority of poisoning deaths are due to unintentional drug overdoses. Provides data on trends in poisoning and methodone death rates. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL34291.pdf

Updates previous reports on U.S. arms sales. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL34187_20070926.pdf

Latest annual report for Congress on arms sales of the U.S. to foreign governments. The value of all U.S. arms transfer agreements with developing nations in 2006 was nearly $28.8 billion. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/trace_data/index.htm

State-by-state reports utilizing trace data which provides the public with insight into recoveries of guns. From the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

http://www.governor.virginia.gov/TempContent/techPanelReport-docs/FullReport.pdf

Final report from the 8 member commission created by Governor Kaine. Offers 21 conclusions about the event and more than 70 recommendations. From the Office of the Governor.