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Alpers, Philip. 2017 ‘Estimated Number of Illicit Firearms and of Privately Owned Firearms - United Kingdom.’ GunPolicy.org. Sydney: Sydney School of Public Health. 17 December
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Estimated Number of Illicit Firearms and of Privately Owned Firearms - United Kingdom
GunPolicy.org calculations:
Year: Number of Registered Firearms
2017: 2,229,344 1 2 3
2010: 2,157,4434 5 6 7 8
2009: 2,146,971
2006: 2,045,532
2005: 2,051,017
Year: Calculated Estimate of Illicit Firearms (UNODC)9
2017: 1,031,26510
Year: Calculated Estimate of Privately Owned Firearms11
2017: 3,260,609
[Calculated Estimate of Illicit Firearms = Number of Registered Firearms x 10% (UNODC)
Calculated Estimate of Privately Owned Firearms = Number of Registered Firearms + UNODC Estimate of Illicit Firearms]
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