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Use of Licensed Arms in Crime Now a Headache

Dhaka Tribune

2 December 2015

By Mohammad Jamil Khan

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[A]ccording to Home Ministry sources, there are nearly 217,000 legal firearms of various types in the country right now, all licensed under the Arms Act 1878…

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Existing rules suggest that anybody with police clearance and above a certain age can posses licensed firearms by agreeing to pay an annual tax starting Tk2 lakh.

For legally having a shotgun, the applicant must be at least 25 years old. The floor age for having revolvers, pistols and rifles is 30.

Another criteria allows a person to own a shotgun and pistol at a time, but not a shotgun and a rifle. There are also restrictions depending on the calibre of firearms…

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