The poorly regulated global trade in conventional arms and ammunition has an enormous human cost.(1) One hundred twenty-eight armed conflicts since 1989 have resulted in at least 250,000 deaths each year. Serious injuries are even more numerous. Ratios of reported battlefield injuries to deaths vary from 2 to 28 injuries for every death. Twenty-six million people worldwide had been displaced as a result of armed conflict at the end of 2008. The top six countries of... (GunPolicy.org)