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The Small Arms Survey 2017 [1] provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns, because single individuals can own multiple guns. See also Percent of households with guns by country.
El Salvador's laws aim to allow and regulate civilian possession of firearms. In order to get a firearm license one must have no criminal record, be at least 21 years of age [211] (24 for a carry license), pay for a tax stamp, and undergo a written test. [212] In 2017 there were 344,587 registered firearms in El Salvador, or 5.6 per 100 people.
See also: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country. It provides estimates of the total number of civilian guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that possesses guns. This is because individuals can possess more than one gun.
Gun ownership is a protected right in countries such as the United States and Yemen. [4] Global distribution of civilian-held firearms ... El Salvador: 737,000:
Multiple studies show that where people have easy access to firearms, gun-related deaths tend to be more frequent, including by suicide, homicide, and unintentional injuries. [ 1 ] Created by combining List of countries by intentional homicide rate , Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country and List of countries by firearm ...
It was after the Civil War, however, that private gun ownership really took off. Gun manufacturers with huge stockpiles of guns produced for the conflict needed to sell their inventory. So, strong ...
The Salvadoran Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the left-wing Marxist-oriented Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) against the armed and security forces loyal to the military-led conservative government of El Salvador, between 1979 and 1992.
Homicide rates (from firearms) per 100,000 people by country. [1]This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year . Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards.