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Firearm laws get tougher, even airguns need permit

In a country where gun ownership laws influenced by the British are considered extremely prohibitive and firearms legitimately owned by citizens and sportspersons are dangerously outnumbered by weapons in the hands of criminals and terrorists, the Centre has made gun laws all the more stringent.INDIA Updated: Jul 28, 2016 14:20 ISTTanmay ChatterjeeHindustan TimesWhile no licence was earlier required to own air guns and air rifles and even toy shops could sell these, the new rules say manufacturing and selling air...