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Belgium

12 January 2005

Expatica (Brussels)

BRUSSELS — Belgium's social-liberal Spirit party has called for a total ban on the private use of firearms after new figures shows that 2 million guns are in circulation in the country. The figure, published Wednesday, means that theoretically one in every five Belgian residents owns a gun, although only 669,273 guns are registered in the central registry. For her part, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinx is expected to support a... (GunPolicy.org)

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