Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Torne, Kathryn. 2012 ‘Registered Firearms and Licence Owners in Northern Ireland, 2012.’ Detail. Belfast: Detail. 23 August
Relevant contents
In total, there are 153,459 legally held weapons and we were provided with detailed information on 59,585 licence holders.
Of the 59,585 licence holders we have detailed information on, 58,170 are male, 1,397 are female and the gender was not given for 18.
The average number of weapons owned by each licence holder is 2.5.
The information relates to the content of the PSNI's firearms database as of March 1st, 2012.