Make an Impact - Make Some Noise - Amnesty International

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Every year roughly half a million men, women and children are killed by armed violence ? that?s one person every minute.

So take a minute. Right here. Right now. Join the Control Arms campaign and add your face to the petition for a global Arms Trade Treaty

Just too many arms

There are approximately 639 million small arms in the world today.

Eight million new weapons are produced every year.

Nearly 60 per cent of small arms are in civilian hands.

The annual number of bullets produced is more than double the world's population

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