Gun Policy News
Honduras Adopts Strict Gun Controls
31 March 2000
Newsnight (UK)
Congress in Honduras has approved strict gun controls in an attempt to tackle a crime wave.
All high-calibre and automatic weapons will be banned, while other guns will have to be registered.
Correspondents say violent crime is one of the biggest problems affecting Honduras, with armed robberies and shootings commonplace.
Official figures put the number of weapons in circulation at almost a million-most of which were brought in during the civil... (GunPolicy.org)