Small arms fire kills as many as three times more people than previously thought, according to a United Nations report published on Monday. The study found that deaths from small arms, such as pistols, rifles, machine guns, mortars and hand-held rocket launchers, likely totalled 80,000 to 108,000 for 2003. Previous estimates of 27,000 to 51,000 deaths a year were based largely on government and media reporting on wars, which the study said is often inaccurate... (GunPolicy.org)