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General Category => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: sky otter on December 28, 2012, 03:01:32 PM

Title: who owns the most legal firearms.?
Post by: sky otter on December 28, 2012, 03:01:32 PM


well i think it would be interesting to see what other countries are armed.. and to that
here's my first little article


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/28/germans-legal-firearms_n_2374841.html?utm_hp_ref=world

Germans Own 5.5 Million Legal Firearms: New Registry
12/28/12 07:32 AM ET EST 


BERLIN -- Germany's new national firearms registry shows there are 5.5 million guns in legal circulation in the country.

That's an average of four weapons for each of the 1.4 million registered owners.

It is the first time reliable nationwide figures have been collected as previously such data were held by local authorities.

The registry provides a central national database to help police track the buyer and seller of each legally owned gun in Germany.

All European Union countries must have such a registry by 2015.

Interior Ministry spokesman Philipp Spauschus said Friday the registry would make a "concrete contribution to public safety."

Gun ownership rules in the nation of 82 million are far stricter than in the United States and firearms must be securely stored out of reach of unauthorized persons.