A total of 128,000 handguns are owned by civilians in Hungary, including hunters, people involved in shooting sports and others with a firearms licence, Zoltán Varga told public news channel M1.

As against an average 1.9 handguns per hundred people, in the western Balkans region this rate ranges between 30 and 50, he said.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.