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Terrorist Attacks in France: Which Arms Were Used?

Attentats terroristes en France: quelles armes ont été utilisées?

France TV Info

24 March 2016

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[Translated summary: Officially there are 2,763,000 registered firearms in France, while the trade association of gun dealers estimates that there are 10 million guns in the country.]

[I]l y aurait en France officiellement 2 763 000 armes déclarées, mais la chambre syndicale des armuriers estime qu'il y a autour de 10 millions d'armes dans le pays.

[Editor's note: while this is the figure presented in the cited news article, it may be a misrepresentation of the actual number of registered firearms in France. There are two broad categories of "registered" firearms in France: those that simply need to be declared to the competent authorities, and those that need special authorization/licensing. This figure appears to only include the former, and not the latter. In reality, the number of registered firearms in France is likely between 1-2 million firearms higher, according to complete data from other years]

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