Ownership
There are an estimated 20 million firearms in public ownership, of which 7 million are registered among the country's population of 180 million. The rate of private gun ownership is 11.6 firearms per 100 people. In a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 178 countries, Pakistan ranks at No.6. As of 2009, the rate of homicide involving firearms stands at a rate of 12,491 per annum.
Read more about this topic: Gun Politics In Pakistan
Famous quotes containing the word ownership:
“They had their fortunes to make, everything to gain and nothing to lose. They were schooled in and anxious for debates; forcible in argument; reckless and brilliant. For them it was but a short and natural step from swaying juries in courtroom battles over the ownership of land to swaying constituents in contests for office. For the lawyer, oratory was the escalator that could lift a political candidate to higher ground.”
—Federal Writers’ Project Of The Wor, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)