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In Pakistan, the law requires that a record of the acquisition, possession, and transfer of each privately held firearm be retained on an official register. [21] Licensed firearm dealers are also required to keep a record of firearms or ammunition purchases, sales, or transfers for the regulating authority. [ 22 ]
In 2015 the Pakistan Army ordered 12 Bell AH-Z Viper attack helicopters, with an option of 3 more to replace its aging AH-1F Cobras. Following cancellation of $300 million military aid to Pakistan by the US government, the helicopters were put into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona .
Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians. [1] Laws of some countries may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms , and have more liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions.
Youm-e-Takbir (Urdu: یومِ تکبیر, lit. "The Day of Greatness") is a national day celebrated in Pakistan on May 28 each year. It commemorates the Chagai-I and Chagai-II nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in 1998. These tests made Pakistan the seventh country to possess nuclear weapons and the first Islamic-majority nation to do so. [8] [9]
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. [1] [2] Most countries allow civilians to own firearms, but have strong firearms laws to prevent violence.
“Gun control politics are such that it’s going to take much more than individual cases to change the direction of gun control today,” says Winkler, though he notes that even without any ...
As the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence reported in its 2016 end of year review, a dozen states passed gun control legislation that the center deemed as positive, including California's SB 1235 ...
Canada Gun Control National Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks at a press conference on new measures to strengthen gun control in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Patrick Doyle/The ...