1
.
| http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-8-summary-EN.pdf
; the trade in ammunition is estimated at some $4.26 billion.
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2
.
| The total value of the global arms trade in 2011 was estimated to be at least $43 billion. The true figure is likely to be higher:
http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/transfers/measuring/financial_values
;
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/file-admin/docs/A-Yearbook/2001/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2001-Chapter-04-EN.pdf
|
3
.
| http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2001/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2001-Chapter-04-EN.pdf
|
4
.
| http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/30/un_report_puts_worlds_illicit_drug_trade_at_estimated_321b/
|
5
.
| http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/UNVTF_fs_HT_EN.pdf
|
6
.
| According to the UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database –
http://comtrade.un.org
– a rise from $434,834,395 to $1,485,328,055. Admittedly, it is almost impossible to get accurate figues on this. These figures serve as an indication only.
|
7
.
| Of which about 4.5 million were firearms – 30,592,599 – as listed in:
http://comtrade.un.org
;
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2009/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2009-Chapter-01-EN.pdf/
|
8
.
| Figures for 2011:
http://nisatapps.prio.org/armsglobe/index.php
|
9
.
| http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-WP14-US-Firearms-Industry.pdf
|
10
.
| http://shotshow.org
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11
.
| It’s no surprise that the Shot Show brings in an estimated $73 million to Las Vegas.
|
12
.
| http://shotshow.org/press/newsroom/
|
13
.
| Of those, 51,438 are retail gun stores, 7,356 are pawn shops, 61,562 are collectors;
http://abcnews.go.com/US/guns-america-statistical/story?id=17939758
. The biggest dealer of all is Walmart. In 2011, in an attempt to revive flagging sales, the retailer decided to expand gun sales to just over half of its 3,982 stores nationwide – including in some urban areas. The company now sells 400 gun makes in its stores. Sales have been brisk, and the FBI received nearly 16.8 million background check requests from the store in 2012 alone. For McDonald’s numbers see:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jul/17/mcdonalds-restaurants-where-are-they
|
14
.
| Garen J. Wintemute of the University of California carried out a survey in 2011 on the characteristics of licensed firearm retailers and retail establishments in America. Respondents to the survey had a median age of 54; 89 per cent were male; and 97.6 per cent were white.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579296/
|
15
.
| http://www.freedom-group.com/2011_10-K.pdf
; specifically ‘long gun sales’.
|
16
.
| http://www.colt.com/Catalog/BoltActionRifles.aspx
|
17
.
| http://www.redfield.com/redfield-revenge/
|
18
.
| For a fascinating account of the rise of Glock, read Paul Barrett on the same:
http://www.amazon.com/Glock-The-Rise-Americas-Gun/dp/0307719952
|
19
.
| Sig Sauer, Beretta and Taurus:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-WP14-US-Firearms-Industry.pdf
|
20
.
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/01/140113_witn_kalashnikov.shtml
|
21
.
| http://www.cityam.com/207632/russias-kalashnikov-be-made-us-after-sanctions-import-ban
|
22
.
| http://www.jcf.gov.jm/article/statement-police-high-command-0
;
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/jamaica-police-charged-killing-pregnant-woman
|
23
.
| http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/NEWS/DPP-rules-that-accused-St-Thomas-killer-cop-be-charged-with-murder
;
http://library.jcsc.edu.jm/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/31/Forcepercent20Orderspercent203281Apercent202010-04-22.pdf?sequence=1
|
24
.
| http://us.glock.com/products/sector/law-enforcement
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25
.
| Data from
http://www.fatalencounters.org
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26
.
| Richard Jones,
Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2009–2010
(London: Jane’s Information Group, 2009) p. 897;
http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/iraq
;
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/iraq/ips.htm
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27
.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VEykPjHWp8&feature=related
;
http://www.uasvision.com/2012/09/12/belarus-bypasses-eu-sanctions-to-buy-german-engines-for-uas/
;
https://freedomhouse.org/fair-play-beyond-sports/timeline-20-years-human-rights-abuses-belarus
;
https://euobserver.com/foreign/117489
|
28
.
| http://en.apa.az/news/204647
;
http://www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/azerbaijan
|
29
.
| http://www.jpost.com/Israel/We-had-no-choice
;
http://www.isayeret.com/guides/weapons.shtml
;
http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/israel-palestine
|
30
.
| http://indecom.gov.jm/2013%20Statistics%20Press%20Release.pdf
|
31
.
| http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/jamaica/report-2011
|
32
.
| The Glock USA sale to Jamaica was legal and passed export controls.
|
33
.
| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/267292/pnp-nears-p1-b-deal-to-buy-60000-guns
|
34
.
| http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/06/27/philippine-national-police-buy-14000-glock-17-pistols/
|
35
.
| http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/world/asia/report-condemns-police-torture-in-philippines.html?_r=0
;
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/16/statement-extrajudicial-killings-philippines
|
36
.
| http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/asia-pacific/philippine-police-warned-dont-sell-off-your-brand-new-glock
;
http://www.cordilleraism.com/2014/08/policeman-kills-two-men-in-shooting.html
|
37
.
| It had the serial number PNP 03283:
http://www.baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/front.asp?mode=archives/2014/august/8-10-2014/front3.txt
|
38
.
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28291070
|
39
.
| http://international.sueddeutsche.de/post/93766223555/the-dubious-colombia-exports-of-german-arms
;
http://www.icij.org/blog/2014/08/tracking-cross-border-weapons-trade-youtube
|
40
.
| http://international.sueddeutsche.de/post/93766223555/the-dubious-colombia-exports-of-german-arms
|
41
.
| http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/oberndorf-german-town-armed-world-heckler-kock
|
42
.
| http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/09/mexico-widespread-rights-abuses-war-drugs
|
43
.
| http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/oberndorf-german-town-armed-world-heckler-kock
|
44
.
| Freedom of Information requests are often denied when related to matters of national security or business.
|
45
.
| http://www.sipri.org/research/disarmament/eu-consortium/publications/publications/non-proliferation-paper-7
|
46
.
| http://test.pmddtc.state.gov/reports/congnotices/113/12-164.pdf
|
47
.
| http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2009/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2009-Chapter-01-EN.pdf
|
48
.
| http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=476#
|
49
.
| In China there are four state-owned enterprises authorised to export guns – Norinco, Poly Technologies, Jing’an Import and Export Corporation, and China Xinxing Import and Export Company.
|
50
.
| Based on UN Comtrade and estimates.
|
51
.
| Several other states in Asia have imported guns from China, with Pakistan and Bangladesh being the most prominent, and there has been a reported rise in sales to Latin America in recent years. In the Middle East, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Qatar also imported guns from China between 2006 and 2010. Iran has also been a major recipient of Chinese guns since the Iran–Iraq War, though there have been recent reports suggesting they have since wound down their arms sales there.
|
52
.
| http://books.sipri.org/files/PP/SIPRIPP38.pdf
|
53
.
| http://www.voanews.com/content/china-says-it-was-unaware-arms-dealers-met-with-gadhafi-repre sentatives-129252233/144797.html
|
54
.
| Chinese officials acknowledged that the meeting took place and a delegation from the Gaddafi regime visited Chinese arms companies in Beijing in July 2011 to discuss arms contracts.
|
55
.
| http://www.poa-iss.org/CASAUpload/ELibrary/S-2008-371-Ex-Liberia-E.pdf
|
56
.
| Rosoboronexport announced a record number of contracts in 2012:
http://vz.ru/news/2013/2/13/620142.html
|
57
.
| http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2013/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2013-Chapter-08-Annexes-8.1-8.2-EN.pdf
|
58
.
| http://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/01-03-2001/39602-0/
|
59
.
| http://cms.privatelabel.co.za/pls/cms/iac.page?p_t1=2245&p_t2=0&p_t3=0&p_t4=0&p_dynamic=YP&p_content_id=227743&p_site_id=113
|
60
.
| In 1993, US President Bill Clinton said: ‘The situation in Angola constitutes a threat to international peace and security’; arms transfers to Angola were also subject to a UN Security Council Resolution 864, barring certain transfers.
|
61
.
| Data available on
www.equasis.com
;
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta/6.Firearms.pdf
|
62
.
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14095300
|
63
.
| http://www.slideshare.net/RobSentseBc/the-odessa-network
;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13286306
|
64
.
| http://nisatapps.prio.org/armsglobe/index.php
|
65
.
| http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/16/international/europe/16ammo.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
|
66
.
| C. J. Chivers,
The Gun
(Harmondsworth: Penguin 2010), p. 368.
|
67
.
| Rachel Stohl and Suzette Grillot,
The International Arms Trade
(Cambridge: Polity Press, 2012).
|
68
.
| http://molodyvcheny.in.ua/files/journal/2014/8/26.pdf
|
69
.
| http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraine-worlds-4th-largest-arms-exporter-in-2012-according-to-sipri-321878.html
|
70
.
| http://polemika.com.ua/news-29257.html
;
http://www.globalinitiative.net/wpfb-file/c4ads-the-odessa-network-mapping-facilitators-of-russian-and-ukranian-arms-transfers-sept-2013-pdf/
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