Individual Weapons Caused Events

1 People buy guns for protections, hunting or just for curiosity.
2 It is difficult to hide them at home.
3 Children may find and play with the guns.
 
3-a It is easy to use them when you are angry.
3-b People use them to fire up in the air when celebration something.
4 Result:Death or injury…

Guns that are acquired to protect yourselves
or your relatives are 

%
57

pointed at someone that you love.

Guns don‘t protect, it has only one function

IT KILLS

Why Disarmament?

Its Social Cost is annually $ 5 billion   Average Period for Registered Guns to Involve in Crimes is 6 years   Turkey Ranks on the 14th Place Among 178 Countries for Armament
  • According to a research, it was estimated that the cost of 12,000 gun violence incidents in 2005 was about $ 100 billion annually (Gun Violence:The Real Costs; Philip J. Cook).
  • When this research is applied to the murder cases in Turkey, annual social cost is estimated as $ 5 billion.
  
  • Same research indicates that it does not matter whether guns are registered or unregistered to involve in crimes.
  • It is calculated that the average period for registered guns to involve in crimes is 5.7 years.
  • Guns fulfill their sole function, which is “killing” - whether they are registered or not.