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Police Cancel 2,982 Gun Licences, Cite 'Rampant Misuse' in India
4 June 2012
Times of India
KOCHI - From now on, owning guns is not going to be an easy affair in Ernakulam as the city police have begun checking rampant misuse of licensed weapons. They are cancelling licences of existing gun owners as well as rejecting fresh applications.
According to police officials, they cancelled arms licence of 2,892 gun holders of the total 5,214 licence holders in Ernakulam district in the last two years.
The licence cancellation drive was initiated after the police... (GunPolicy.org)