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Mrs Margaret Akakpo, a Researcher at the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre KAIPTC, has disclosed that two-thirds of the world rsquo;s total firearms mdash;one billion mdash;are in the hands of civilians.
An estimated 857 million firearms are in the hands of civilians, as Mrs. Margaret Akakpo, a Researcher at the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), has stated. Mrs. Akakpo said the figure represented two-thirds of the world’s total firearms of one…