The attempted shooting of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has shown how easy it is to obtain weapons on the informal market.
The problem affects the entire region, where 60 million weapons are in the hands of civilians, with Brazil and Mexico being the most heavily armed countries.
According to the Argentine press, the young man who wanted to shoot Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had acquired the gun illegally in Villa del Parque (northwest Buenos Aires), the old neighborhood where 35-year-old Fernando Sabag Montiel lived with his parents.
The case reignited controversy over the . . .
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