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Gun Limit, Licence, Background Check in New Guatemala Firearm Law
1 April 2009
Prensa Latina (Havana)
GUATEMALA — After several months of debate, the Guatemalan Congress approved the Weapon and Ammunition Control Law, considered essential to reduce violence.
The regulation reduces to one the four licenses previously granted to each citizen to buy armaments, and they are able now to buy three weapons instead of 12, as previously established.
It also stipulated several requirements before granting the permit, including a clean criminal record and passing psychological... (GunPolicy.org)