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Fewer firearms in the homes of Portugal

Há menos armas de fogo em casa. novas licenças diminuem todos os anos

Diario de Noticias (Portugal)

25 September 2021

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[…] the number of licenses to use and carry a firearm issued annually by the PSP is decreasing, from 45,133 in 2017, to 42,412 the following year, 37,470 in 2019 and to 7,605 last year.

[…] The Public Security Police said that there are currently approximately 216 thousand valid licences.

[…] According to this security force, more than 54,000 firearms were voluntarily surrendered to the PSP, 11,965 of which in 2019 and 42,448 in 2021.

These two periods exceeded the 6635 delivered that had occurred in the previous process of voluntary surrenders that took place in 2006.

ID: N808

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