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The human cost of arms abuse
Every year, throughout the world, roughly half a million men, women, and children are killed by armed violence – that’s one person every minute.
Camila Magalhaes Lina from Brazil
16 year-old Camila Magalhães Lima lost the use of her legs in 1998 when she was hit by a stray bullet in a shoot-out between thieves and private security forces while walking home from school.
‘I had plans for the future; I wanted to travel the world, take a modelling course, and continue my gymnastics training. From
one day to the next, my dreams were shattered – all because of the irresponsibility of supposedly civilised men who only feel brave with a gun in their hands.’
