Where Are the World's Small Arms?

WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. CANADA SWEDEN USTRIA WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. CANADA SWEDEN USTRIA WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. CANADA SWEDEN USTRIA WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. CANADA SWEDEN USTRIA WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. CANADA SWEDEN USTRIA WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S "FIREARM S ARE VERY UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL ARMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE IMAGE WE HAVE OF CER- TAIN REGIONS SUCH AS AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA BEING AWASH WITH WEAPONS - THESE IMAGES ARE CERTAINLY MISLEADING," - SMALL ARMS SURVEY DIRECTOR KEITH KRAUSE THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY ARMED CIVILIANS: 90/100 30/100 61/100 USA YEMEN GERMANY 30/100 56/100 ΚΕY = 10 PEOPLE = 10 GUNS 30/100 56/100 IRAQ 30/100 39/100 SERBIA FRANCE 30/100 38/100 WITHOUT 1/7 HOWEVER, 1/10 FIREARM SOMEONE IS RO Y1 FIREARM PER 10 PEOPLE ABOUT $1 8 I MINUTE ENTER BY A GUN. BLACK SOME 300,00O TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE KILLED BY SMALL ARMS EACH YEAR. 90% OF ALL GUN RELATED CASUALTIES ARE CAUSED BY SMALL FIREARMS OF THE 875 MILLION SMALL FIREARMS WORLDWIDE... 225 MILLION ARE HELD BY LAW 650 MILLION ARE HELD BY CIVILIANS ENFORCEMENT & MILITARY FORCES ONLY 12% OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS ARE THOUGHT TO BE REGISTERED THE WORLD'S FIREARM ECONOMY TOP 3 A RMS SELLERS USA $10.3 BILLION RUSSIA $8.1 BILLION UK $3.1 BILLION NZ FIREARMS ON OUR SOIL: THE U SA OF THE WORLD'S 875 MILLION FIREARMS: 270 MILLION ARE IN THE U.S. 40-50% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS 192 MILLION ARE HELD BY PRIVATE - U.S. CITIZENS EACH YEAR 8 MILLION NEW GUNS ARE PRODUCED OWN A GUN. 4.5 MILLION ARE PURCHASED BY U.S. CONSUMERS YEMΕΝ IS NRA HEAΜEN: A MACHINE PISTOL WITH SILENCER THE AV ERAGE COSTS OF SMALL ARMS THERE: A BRAND-NEW AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE A USED UZI $350 DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, YEMEΝ HAS AN UNUSUALLY-HIGH SMALL ARMS TO CITIZEN $400 RATION. $170 $500 A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE LAUNCHER 61/100 $4 $22 GRENADES ANTI-TANK MINES SOURCES HTTP://WwW.REUTERS.COM HTTP://WwW.AMERICANFIREARMS.ORG HTTP://WwW.NYTIMES.COM HTTP://WwW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK HTTP://WwW.INFORMAWORLD.COM HTTP://WwW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG HTTP://WSJ.COM -------- EARMS CK MARKET IS A THE U.S., THERE SWITZERLAND IS FINLAND ALDWIDE, THERE EVERY PER 7 PEOPLE. 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