Over 700 a day dying from small arms fire; main ‘weapons of choice’ for criminals and terrorists

Amidst a multitude of global crises and escalating of armed conflicts, small arms and light weapons remain a silent killer, having claimed over 260,000 lives during 2021, amounting to 45 per cent of all violent deaths.

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