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Samoa

15 January 2016

Samoa Observer

Samoa's gun amnesty has closed with more than 500 illegal guns destroyed. This was part of a Police gun amnesty programme, which started in November last year. Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, says the amnesty was aimed to reduce gun violence, "The main objective of this operation was to reduce the number of unlawful guns in Samoa and to afford law-abiding gun owners the chance to re-register your legally purchased guns without fear of prosecution," he... (GunPolicy.org)

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