Unregistered firearms in Hungary number 20,000

There are 20,000 unregistered firearms in private hands in Hungary, Magyar Hírlap reports in an article on the massacre of 32 students at Virginia Tech University on Monday morning. Police experts speaking anonymously told the newspaper that many of the guns are small firearms, but they also include submachine guns originating from the Soviet army, as well as high-powered repeat weapons used in the Yugoslav wars.

Criminal psychologist Iván Münnich observed that aggression is becoming more accepted in Hungary, as anybody can obtain firearms.

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány was among many state leaders to send a message of condolences to US President George Bush in the wake of the massacre.

The above story is just one of more than two dozen published today by Hungary Around the Clock, the most comprehensive source of daily English-language news about Hungary. For a free trial of HATC, click here. Hungarian news sources include Népszabadság; Magyar Hírlap; Világgazdaság; Napi Gazdaság; Magyar Nemzet; Népszava; Kossuth Rádió news and Hungarian television's nightly news broadcast.

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