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209 Gun Shops Shut, 148 Dealers Jailed, 160,000 Guns Seized in Yemen
30 June 2008
Yemen Post
Two weeks ago, Yemen took its biggest step yet in fighting the existence of weapons as a nationwide campaign begun with a goal to close down all weapon shops throughout the country. Until today, 209 weapon shops have been closed down. The government's policy in its campaign was to close down the shops and reimburse weapons dealers by buying their weapons from them, therefore causing the dealers no losses. However, over 148 shop owners refused to hand in their weapons to... (GunPolicy.org)