Reply #88: The rest of the world has a better idea, eh?

[Euromutt]

Bulgaria:
"Bulgarian Policeman Dies of Gunfight Wounds" (12-Aug-2009) http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=106721
"Child Shot Dead in Bloody Outburst in Bulgaria’s Yambol" (18-Nov-2009) http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=110131
"Mass Fight Leads to Gangland Shootout in Bulgaria's Plovdiv" (11-Jan-2010) http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=111828

Netherlands:
"Another fatal shooting shocks Amsterdam's Bijlmer neighbourhood" (23-Sep-2009) http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2367291.ece/Another_fatal_shooting_shocks_Amsterdams_Bijlmer_neighbourhood

United Kingdom:
"Teenagers hurt in street shooting" (12-Sep-2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8252237.stm
"Man shot dead in Asda car park in Glasgow" (13-Jan-2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8457418.stm
"Man arrested after Swindon shooting" (17-Jan-2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8464351.stm
"Teens injured in west Belfast laneway shooting" (23-Jan-2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8476481.stm

Canada:
"Police identify man shot in car in East Vancouver" (28-Jan-2010) http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100128/bc_shooting_identity_100128/20100128?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
"Shot fired during attempted robbery in Eastern Passage" (29-Jan-2010) http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/01/29/ns-robbery-shots.html
"Shooting sends one to hospital" (30-Jan-2010) http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100130/CGY_marda_loop_shooting_100130/20100130/?hub=CalgaryHome

Japan:
"Three hurt in rare Japan shooting" (06-Nov-2009) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8345953.stm
"Deadly shooting at bar in western Japan" (12-Jan-2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8454625.stm

Seems "the rest of the world" didn't get your memo.