Arms seized by legal justification of seizure

Disaggregated by: 

Altered markings: markings on a weapon that were modified, damaged, or removed in order to make the firearm unidentifiable.

Illicit manufacture – The manufacturing or assembly of arms, their parts and components, or ammunition.

Illicit possession - The unlawful possession of regulated or prohibited firearms, their parts and components or ammunition. Carrying a handgun without a license is an example of illicit possession.

Illicit trafficking - The import, export, trans-shipment, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer of arms, their parts and components, and ammunition from or across the territory of one State to that of another State if any one of the States concerned does not authorize it in accordance with national law of one of the countries involved or if the arms are not uniquely marked upon manufacture and marked upon import. Arms that were not properly deactivated according to the national legislation of the destination country can also be illicitly trafficked or smuggled.

Illicit use -  this is the unlawful use of regulated or prohibited firearms, their parts and components or ammunition.

The illegal discharge of arms is an example of illicit use.

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