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In 2016, half of all gun deaths occured in the Americas

Links of 7.62mm rounds wait to be packaged after coming off the production line at the BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Limited plant in Crewe, central England, June 8, 2011.   REUTERS/Phil Noble  (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS MILITARY) - LM1E7680Z8F01

There were a quarter of a million deaths from firearm injuries in 2016 Image: REUTERS/Phil Noble

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