11.   The number of crimes involving firearms has dropped by almost half since a stricter gun control law took effect a year ago, an official report said Thursday.

12.   These acts are less likely than in years past to involve firearms.

13.   In Mozambique, crime rates involving firearms are skyrocketing, while guns and bullets are sold across the porous borders to neighbouring countries.

14.   In the United States, about two-thirds of homicides involved a firearm, double the rate in Canada.

15.   Citing the high number of slayings involving firearms, a number of people in Florida have in the past called for tighter restrictions on gun sales.