http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/hosb0209.pdf

Official statistics on homicides, firearms violations and sexual assaults and other forms of partner or family abuse. Reports there were 773 homicides in England and Wales in 2007/08. From the British Home Office.

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-04931.pdf

Briefly examines the arms export policy of the United Kingdom toward Israel, the value of military goods that the UK has exported over the last 10 years, and compares these arms trade figures with those of the U.S. and the European Union countries. From the Library of the House of Commons.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34768_20081126.pdf

Provides statistics on arms sales agreements with and deliveries to major purchasers during calendar years 2000-2007. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/trace_report_final.pdf

Examines the relationship between the gun regulations of a particular state and the likelihood that the state will be a source of guns recovered from crimes committed in another state. Uses newly available trace data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to develop information about buyers, dealers, and geographic areas that are associated with guns used in crimes across the country. Discloses that Virginia is one of 10 states that supply interstate crime guns at a rate 2.5 times the national average because of weak gun laws. From Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

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.