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Guns Used in 64% of Dominican Republic's Violent Deaths
5 July 2012
Dominican Today
SANTO DOMINGO - Just one day after Justice minister Radhames Jimenez admitted defeat in the fight against femicides, a prominent political scientist affirms that disarming the population would help sharply reduce the most violent of deaths, where both the victim and perpetrator had weapons .
Daniel Pou called "alarming" the number of people who die from gunshots every day. "We must implement a policy of disarmament … There's quite a direct link between the use of... (GunPolicy.org)