DefenceTalkA Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday temporarily suspended several provisions implemented by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that allowed people to buy weapons, citing a “risk of political violence” during the electoral campaign. “The start of the election campaign exacerbates the risk of political violence,” which “makes the need to restrict access to weapons and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-judge-suspends-easing-of-gun-laws-citing-election-violence-fears-79337/

DefenceTalkChina has asked the United Nations Security Council to vote on banning small arms to Haiti, sanctioning the Caribbean nation’s gang leaders, and even sending a regional police force to the violence-plagued island, diplomatic sources said Thursday. The proposal comes as Council members consider renewing a UN political mission to Haiti which expires on Friday […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-asks-un-security-council-for-ban-on-small-arms-to-haiti-diplomats-79083/

DefenceTalkThe US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the federal agency overseeing gun regulations, which had lacked a permanent director for over seven years. Steve Dettelbach, 56, will now become the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), following a series of deadly mass shootings that have […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-gun-regulation-agency-fills-empty-director-post-after-seven-years-79066/

DefenceTalkMyanmar soldiers battled an anti-junta civilian militia with small arms and grenades in the country’s second city on Tuesday, with four protesters killed and several members of the security forces injured, authorities said. Fighting has flared across Myanmar since the February coup as people form “defence forces” to battle a brutal military crackdown on dissent, […]

FORT MCCOY: In keeping with Chief of Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey’s vision to shape the U.S. Army Reserve into a more lethal, capable and combat-ready force, the 84th Training Command’s Task Force Cold Steel has developed a new weapons proficiency course here. The Army Reserve Small Arms Trainer Course is a pilot […]

DefenceTalkIsrael is selling state-owned IMI Systems, maker of the Uzi submachine gun, to defense company Elbit Systems for more than half a billion dollars, the finance ministry said on Sunday. The government began the process of privatizing IMI Systems, formerly known as Israel Military Industries, in 2013. The firm is the manufacturer of the legendary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-selling-uzi-maker-imi-systems-to-private-firm-71563/

DefenceTalkVarious service members will be at Fort Bragg over the next few weeks for testing of the new modular handgun system, the Sig Sauer P320, for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command based at Fort Hood, Texas. If fielded, according to officials, the new modular handgun system, also known as MHS, will offer improved durability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-modular-handgun-system-sig-sauer-p320-in-testing-at-us-army-sites-70432/

DefenceTalkGermany’s biggest small arms maker is bidding for the contract to supply the German army’s standard assault rifle. But Heckler & Koch’s HK433 would only replace the firm’s own scandal-ridden G36. The Bundeswehr is in the market for a new assault rifle, and all of Germany’s major gun-makers have now thrown their bids in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/heckler-koch-bids-to-replace-its-own-tarnished-gun-69008/

DefenceTalkFor most of its history, Rock Island Arsenal was a center for the production, overhaul, repair, inspection, testing and management of small arms for the U.S. Army. These days, RIA’s once-thriving small arms mission is mostly a thing of the past, with the last vestiges departing in recent years in the wake of a 2005 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/at-rock-island-arsenal-small-arms-are-a-big-deal-68997/

DefenceTalkGun manufacturers Heckler & Koch scored a legal victory against the Defense Ministry on Friday, when a court ruled they were not liable for damages over faulty assault rifles. Berlin had argued that the company’s G36 rifle was unable to shoot straight in hot weather or when it becomes overheated from constant firing. The court […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-military-loses-legal-battle-with-heckler-koch-68100/