The license for the firearm used by the Provincial Councilor and his wife during the recent assault of a bus driver which had not been obtained for the year 2018, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, ND. Panditharatne said.
At present, around 1,300 civilians are in possession of licensed firearms, the Additional Secretary added.
He also said that there are about 19,000 firearms issued for agricultural activities while over 1000 illegal firearms were handed over to the Ministry during the last amnesty period he said.
According to him, the Ministry is still not in possession of stats regarding unlicensed firearms for 2018 while the Ministry also does not have data regarding the total number of unlicensed firearms being used in the country at the moment.
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