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All firearms in Brazil are required to be registered with the state.

The minimum age for ownership is 25 and it is generally illegal to carry a gun outside a residence.

The total number of firearms in Brazil is thought to be around 17 million with 9 million of those being unregistered.

Some 39, 000 people died in 2003 due to gun-related injuries nationwide.

In 2004, the number was 36, 000.

Although Brazil has 100 million fewer citizens than the United States, and more restrictive gun laws, there are 25 percent more gun deaths ; other sources indicate that homicide rates due to guns are approximately four times higher than the rate in the United States.

Brazil has the second largest arms industry in the Western Hemisphere.

Approximately 80 percent of the weapons manufactured in Brazil are exported, mostly to neighboring countries ; many of these weapons are then smuggled back into Brazil.

Some firearms in Brazil come from police and military arsenals, having either been " stolen or sold by corrupt soldiers and officers.