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UK. 2012 ‘Table 6: Firearm Dealers: Applications for Registration and Renewal, Granted, and Refused; Dealers Registered, 1995 to 2011/12.’ Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales, 1995 to 2011/12 - Data tables; Table 6. London: Office for National Statistics. 16 August
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Table 6: Firearm dealers: Applications for Registration and Renewal, Granted, and Refused; Dealers Registered, 1995 to 2011/12 (1)
Year: Dealers registered (2)
2011/12: 3,417
2010/11: 3,205
2008/09: 2,840
2007/08: 2,792
2006/07: .. (3)
2005/06: 2,030
2004/05: 1,970
2003/04: 1,950
2002/03: 1,970
2001: 1,960
2000: 2,070
1999: 2,090
1998: 2,180
1997: 2,400
1996: 2,490
1995: 2,470
Notes:
1) Figures for calendar years are as at 31 December, financial years as at 31 March.
2) Figures up to 2005/06 are rounded; since 2007/08 figures are unrounded.
3) Figures are not available due to the transition from in-force data collection systems to the NFLMS in 2006.
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