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Region | Good reason | Permitted types of firearms | Carrying firearms | Magazine capacity limits[N 1] | Free of registration[1] | Max penalty (years)[2] | |||||
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Good reason required?[3] | Personal protection | Long guns (exc. semi- and full-auto)[4] | Handguns[5] | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms[6] | Open carry[7] | Concealed carry[8] | ||||
Independent countries | |||||||||||
Afghanistan[9][law 1] | Template:Ya | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | ||
Albania[law 2] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Template:Rarely | 3 (S,R) | No | |
Algeria[10] | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No[N 2] | ||||
Andorra[law 3] | No (with exceptions) Exceptions
ISSF-approved pistols require membership in sport shooting organization |
Yes – home defense | Template:Usually | Yes – shall issue | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Ya | ||||
Angola[11] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | None | |||
Antigua and Barbuda[law 4] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 5 | ||
Argentina[12] | Yes – collecting, sport shooting, hunting | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Three years; six for prohibited weapons[13] | |||
Armenia[law 5] | Not for shotguns Rifles
Five years of shotgun ownership required for rifles |
Yes (shotguns only) | Yes – under license | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No[N 2] | No | ||
Australia[14] | Yes – see table | No | Template:Ya | Template:Rarely | No[15] | No | No | 5 (S) 10 (R,P) |
No | Determined by the courts[N 4] | |
Austria (EU)[law 6] | Simple declaration of reason (hunting, sport shooting, collection) |
Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | 10 (SACF) 20 (P) |
Weapons made before 1871 and most black powder weapons | 2[16] |
Azerbaijan[17] | Not for shotguns Required for rifles
Membership in hunting organization for at least five years required for rifles |
No | Yes – under license | No | No | No | No[N 2] | No | |||
Bahrain[law 7] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | No | 15 | ||
Bangladesh[18] | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | Template:Rarely | No | ||
Barbados[law 8] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | 5 | ||
Bahamas[law 9] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – under license | Template:Rarely | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 7 | ||
Belarus[law 10][19] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No | No | 10 (S,R) | |||
Belgium (EU)[law 11] | Yes – collection, hunting, sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | ||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Belize[law 12] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | |||||
Benin[law 13] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | |||
Bhutan[law 14] | Yes | colspan="2" Template:Rarely[20] | No | ||||||||
Bolivia[law 15] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting (membership in organization required) | Template:Rarely[21] | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | No | Template:Rarely | None | No | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina[22] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||||
Botswana[law 16] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No (moratorium since 1990)[N 5] | Template:Rarely | No | No | No[N 2] | No | 10 | ||
Brazil[23] | No (under executive order)[N 6] |
Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Template:Rarely | No[27] | No | 3 years; 6 for restricted weapons[28] | |
Brunei | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Bulgaria (EU)[law 17] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Justification required[29] | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | ||
Burkina Faso[30] | No new licenses since February 2020 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Burundi | Yes – sport shooting, hunting | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Template:Rarely | No | 10 | |||
Canada[law 18] | Template:Ya | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue[N 7] | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No pre-1978 owners grandfathered |
No | Template:Rarely | 10 (P) 5 (SACFR) No (other) |
non-restricted only | 10[32] |
Cambodia | Total ban | No | No[33] | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 2 |
Cameroon[34] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue. Sale banned in Ambazonia regions.[35] | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||||
Cape Verde[36] | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | Yes – may issue | No | ||
Central African Republic | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | colspan="6" Template:Rarely | |||||||||
Chad | At discretion of authorities | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | 5 | |||||
Chile | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting (for more than two firearms) | Yes (up to two) | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | None (self defense licenses)[N 8] | No | 10[37] | |
China (excl. Hong Kong and Macau) | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely[38] | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 7[39] |
Colombia[law 19][40] | Yes – sport shooting and collecting | Justification required (interpretation varies by region) | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | |||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Comoros[41] | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Costa Rica[law 20] | Yes – sport shooting, collection, hunting (for more than 3 firearms) | Yes – shall issue (up to 3) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue | None (RF) Yes (CF) |
No | |
Croatia (EU)[law 21] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue[N 9] | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – may issue | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 60 days | |
Cuba[law 22] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting and collecting | Template:Rarely | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | No | No | Template:Rarely | No | ||
Cyprus (EU)[law 23] | No | Yes – shotguns only | Yes – shotguns only [N 10] | No | No | No | Template:Rarely | No[N 2] | 10 (S) | No | |
Czech Republic (EU)[law 24] | Simple declaration of reason | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely[N 11] | No[N 12] | Yes – shall issue Permitless for 2 shot handguns with caplock mechanism |
Only for SACF: 10 (LG) 20 (P) [N 13] |
No | 2 (8 in special cases)[N 14] |
DR Congo[42] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | 10 | |
Congo[law 25] | Yes – hunting | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue (up to one) | Yes – may issue | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Yes | 5 | |
Denmark (EU) (excl. Greenland and Faroe Islands) | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | No | Yes – may issue | Yes | No | No | No | 20 (P) 2 (SAR) No (Other) |
Only shotguns pre 2001 | 1 (minimum) | |
Djibouti | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | |||||||||
Dominica[law 26] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | ||||
Dominican Republic[43] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Shotguns only | Yes – under license | No | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Ecuador[44] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collection | Yes (one handgun) | Yes (up to two firearms in total) | No | No | Template:Rarely | No | ||||
East Timor[45] | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 1 |
Egypt[46] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | up to life imprisonment | |||||
El Salvador | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | Yes – shall issue | No | 5 | ||||
Eritrea | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Ethiopia[law 27][47] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Shotguns only | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Estonia (EU)[law 28][48] | Yes – hunting, target shooting, collecting | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Shall issue – members of Defence League off duty[49] | No | Yes – shall issue (no bullet in chamber – except revolvers) |
20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 3 |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Equatorial Guinea[50] | Yes – hunting | Shotguns only | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
Fiji | All licenses suspended in 2000[51] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 2–10 |
Finland (EU)[law 29] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting | No | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Rarely | No | No | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 2[32] |
France (EU) | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes | No | No | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 30 (R) |
No | 7 |
Gabon[law 30][52] | Yes – justification required | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | |||||||
Gambia[53][law 31] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 10 | ||
Georgia (country) | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes (handguns only) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | ||||
Germany (EU)[law 32] | Yes – sport shooting, hunting, collecting[N 15] | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 10 | ||
Ghana[54] | Yes – hunting | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shotguns only | Yes – shall issue | No | No | No | No | |||
Greece | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||||
Grenada[law 33] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 5 | ||
Guinea[55] | Yes – hunting | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | Long guns (all legal owners) | No | Yes (plans to establish registry) | ||
Guinea-Bissau[56] | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Guyana[law 34] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 10 | ||
Guatemala[law 35] | Not for possession | Yes – government approval required | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes (with self-defense permit) | No | 15 | |
Haiti[57] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | Template:Rarely | Yes | 5 | ||
Honduras | No | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes – up to .303 caliber | No | No | No | No | 10[58] | |
Hungary (EU) | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting | Template:Rarely | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | No | Professionals only[59] | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 8[60] | |
Iceland | Yes – hunting[N 15] | No | Yes – may issue | Yes | May issue if related to the history of Iceland e.g. WW2 | No | No | No | 4 | ||
India[law 36] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue[N 16] | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | No | No | Yes – may issue | Yes | No | up to life imprisonment | |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Indonesia[61][62] | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely[63] | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | 20 or death[64] | ||||
Iraq[65] | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | |||
Iran[66] | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | ||||||
Ireland (EU)[law 37][67] | Yes – hunting, sports shooting or pest control[N 15] | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | rimfire - unrestricted, centrefire - Restricted | No | No | No | yes | Antique firearms - kept as curiosities only | 5 |
Israel[68] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | May issue – specific reason needed | Yes – may issue[N 17] | May issue | No | May issue – specific reason needed | May issue – specific reason needed | No | 10 | ||
Italy (EU) | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes | No | No | Template:Rarely | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | |
Jamaica[law 38] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue[N 18] | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | ||||
Ivory Coast[law 39] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting (justification required) | Yes – justification required | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | Yes – justification required | No | |||
Japan[70][71] | Yes – hunting or sport shooting | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | No | No | 15 | |
Jordan[law 40] | No | Yes – home defense | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | With special permit | With special permit | With special permit | |||
Kazakhstan[72] | Not for shotguns Rifles
Three years of shotgun ownership and hunting license required |
Yes (shotguns only) |
Yes (up to four) | No | Yes – under license | No | Maybe[N 3] | No[N 2] | No | 5 | |
Kenya[law 41] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes, with exceptions | No | No | Automatic in case of legal possession | No | 15 | ||
Kiribati[51] | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | No[N 2] | Template:N/A | No | 2–10 |
Kosovo | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue[73] | No | 10 | |||||||
Kuwait | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Restricted | No | No | ||||||
Kyrgyzstan[law 42] | Not for shotguns Rifles
Five years of shotgun ownership required |
Yes (shotguns only) |
Yes (up to four) | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No[N 2] | 10 (S,R) | No | |
Laos | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | 10 | |||
Latvia (EU)[law 43] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting | Yes – shall issue (handguns and shotguns) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Lebanon | Template:Rarely | No | |||||||||
Lesotho[74][law 44] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – shotguns only | Yes – revolvers only | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | No | ||||
Liberia[law 45] | Yes – hunting | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | No[N 2] | Template:N/A | No | |
Libya[law 46] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | None | |||
Lithuania (EU)[law 47] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting | Yes – shall issue (handguns and shotguns) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue (no bullet in chamber – except revolvers)[75] |
20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 5[76] |
Luxembourg (EU) | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting (membership in organization required) | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | |||
Madagascar[77] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | ||||||||
Malawi[law 48] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 14 | |||
Malaysia[law 49] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | 14 | ||||
Maldives[19] | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Mali[78] | All licenses suspended in 2018 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Malta (EU)[law 50][79] | Yes – target shooting or collecting (membership in organization required) | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | No | No | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | |
Marshall Islands[51] | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 5 |
Mauritania | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 15 | |||
Mauritius[law 51] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | |||||
Mexico[80] | Yes – sport shooting, collecting, hunting (membership in organization required) | Yes – home defense (one handgun) | Yes (up to nine) | Yes (up to one) | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | 7 | ||
Micronesia[51] | Yes – hunting and fishing[N 15] | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | No[N 2] | No | 5 | ||
Moldova[law 52][81] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes (handguns) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | No | No | ||
Monaco[82] | Template:Ya | No | Template:Usually | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | Hunting guns | ||||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Montenegro[law 53] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes – may issue | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Mongolia | Yes – hunting, sports, collection[N 15] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Morocco[83] | Yes – hunting (membership in organization required) | Template:Rarely | Shotguns under license, rifles usually not allowed | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | ||||
Mozambique[84] | Farming, hunting, high social standing (at discretion of authorities) | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | ||||
Myanmar | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | No[N 2] | Template:N/A | No | 7 |
Namibia[law 54] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue[N 19] | Yes – may issue | No | No | Yes – must be unloaded | No | 25 | |||
Nauru | Total ban | No | No[51] | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 2–4[85] |
Nepal[law 55] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Shotguns and muzzle-loading rifles | Template:Rarely | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 7[86] | ||
Netherlands (EU)[87] | Yes – hunting and target shooting | No | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | 1[88] | ||
New Zealand[law 56][89] | Template:Ya | No | colspan="2" Template:Ya | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | 5 (S) 10 (RFR) |
Registration of certain firearm types B and C category. | 10 | |
Nicaragua[90] | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue | No | ||
Niger[91] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | [92] | ||
Nigeria[law 57][93] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting[N 15] | No | Only shotguns in practice | No | Template:Rarely | No | Maybe[N 3] | No[N 2] | No | 5 | |
North Korea | Total ban | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 20 or death |
North Macedonia[94] | Yes – hunting, collecting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||
Norway[law 58][95] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting[N 15] | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue[N 20] | To be banned in 2021[97] | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | 3 months | ||
Oman[law 59] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | None | No | 3 | |
Pakistan[law 60] | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | With prohibited-bore license | Template:Rarely | No[N 21] | Yes – shall issue | None | No | 7 |
Palau | Total ban | No | No[51] | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 15 |
Papua New Guinea[51] | No new licenses since 2017[98] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | 6 months |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Panama | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue | No | ||
Paraguay[law 61] | Yes – collecting and sport shooting | Yes – home defense | Yes – shall issue | No | Template:Rarely | No | |||||
Peru[99] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting (membership in organization required) | Template:Rarely | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | No | Template:Rarely | No | |||
Philippines[law 62] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | 8 | ||
Poland (EU)[law 63] | Yes – hunting, collection and sport shooting (membership in organization required) | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue[100] | Yes (sport shooting and collecting license) | Template:Rarely | No – professionals only | Self-defense and target shooting permits holders[N 22] |
None | Cartridgeless black powder guns designed before 1885 | 8 | |
Portugal (EU)[law 64] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting (justification required) | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | Template:Rarely | 20 (CFP) 10 (R,S) |
No | ||
Qatar[103][104] | Yes – hunting | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No[19] | |||
Romania (EU) | Yes – hunting, collection and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | No | No – professionals only | Template:Rarely | 10 (R,S) | No | 5[105] | |
Russia[106] | Not for shotguns Rifles
Five years of shotgun ownership required |
Yes (shotguns only) | Yes – shall issue[N 23] | Template:Rarely | No | No | Yes – must be unloaded[108] | 10 (S,R) | No | 8 | |
Rwanda[109] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis[law 65] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | ||||
Saint Lucia[law 66] | Yes – sport shooting and collecting (justification required) | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | Yes – may issue | No | 10 | |
St Vincent & Grenadines[law 67] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 20 | ||
Samoa[law 68] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | .22 LR single-shot only | No | No | No | Template:Rarely | No[N 2] | Template:N/A | No | 5 | |
San Marino[law 69] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | ||||
São Tomé and Príncipe[law 70] | Yes – hunting | No | Yes – under license | No[110] | Yes – under license | No | No | ||||
Saudi Arabia[law 71] | At discretion of authorities[N 24] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | 2 | |||||
Senegal | At discretion of authorities[N 24] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||||||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Seychelles[111] | All licenses suspended in 1977 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | ||
Serbia[law 72] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – shall issue | Yes – under license | No | No – professionals only | Template:Rarely | No | 5 | ||
Sierra Leone[law 73] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | ||||
Singapore | Yes – target shooting (membership in club required) | Template:Rarely | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | 14 | ||
Slovakia (EU)[112] | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collection (membership in organization required) | Permissive may issue[N 25] | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | Template:Rarely | No | Permissive or restrictive may issue depending on region (genuine reason needed)[N 25] | 20 (P) 10 (R,S) |
No | ||
Slovenia | Yes – hunting, sport shooting, collecting | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | Template:Rarely | Yes | No | ||||
Solomon Islands | Total ban | No | No (moratorium in place)[51] | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | ||
Somalia | Total ban (de iure) | colspan="6" Template:Rarely | Template:N/A | ||||||||
South Africa[113] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue [N 26] | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | No | Automatic in case of legal possession | None | No | 15 | ||
South Korea[115] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | No | Yes – may issue | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | 3-15 years | |
South Sudan[law 74] | No | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | No | No | No | Template:Usually | None | 10 | ||
Spain (EU)[116][117] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – May issue | Yes | No | No | Template:Rarely | 3 (SAS) 2–4 (SACFR) None (RFR) |
No | ||
Sri Lanka[118] | Yes – crop protection and sport shooting | Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | 25 | ||||
Sudan[119] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | None | No | 5 | |
Suriname[120][law 75] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – mostly shotguns | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | |||
Switzerland[law 76][121] (including Liechtenstein[122]) | Not required to buy a gun unless the reason is other than sport-shooting, hunting, or collecting | Personal protection is not a shall-issue reason | Template:Usually | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | May Issue | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | 20+ (P) 10+ (SACF)[N 27] |
No - registration of new purchases is mandatory since 2008 | 5[121] |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Swaziland[123] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue[N 28] | No | Maybe[N 3] | No | ||||||
Sweden[law 77] | Yes – sport shooting, hunting[N 15] | Template:Rarely | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | None | No | |
Syria[124] | At discretion of authorities | Yes – may issue | Two shotguns | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | 5–6 | |||
Taiwan | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | |||||||||
Tajikistan[law 78] | Not for shotguns Rifles
Five years of shotgun ownership required |
Yes (shotguns only) |
Yes (up to four) | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No[N 2] | 10 (S,R) | No | |
Tanzania[law 79] | At discretion of authorities[N 24] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | |||
Thailand[law 80] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue[125] | Yes – may issue | No | No | Yes – may issue | No | 10 | ||
Togo[126] | Yes – hunting | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | No | |||
Tonga[law 81] | Yes – hunting, farming, fishing[N 15] | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | 5 | |
Trinidad and Tobago[law 82] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | ||||
Tunisia[127] | Hunting – restricted | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | |||||
Turkey[128] | No | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | May issue – specific reason needed | Yes | No | 3 | |
Turkmenistan[129] | Yes – hunting | No | Yes – shotguns only | No | No | No | No | No | |||
Tuvalu[51] | Yes – shooting birds[N 15] | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No[N 2] | No | 2–10 | |||
Uganda[law 83][130] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | Public officials only | No | Template:Rarely | No | 10 | ||
Ukraine[131][132] | Yes – sport shooting, collecting, hunting | No | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | 7 | |||
United Arab Emirates[law 84] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | |||||||
United Kingdom (EU before February 2020)[law 85][133] | Not for shotguns Unspecified for rifles[N 29] |
No (except Northern Ireland) |
Template:Ya | No (except Northern Ireland) |
Template:Rarely | No | Unloaded shotguns only – dissuaded in practice[134] | No (except Northern Ireland) |
2+ (S)[N 30] None (R) |
No | 5–10[N 31] |
United States | Self-defense at home accepted as a good reason in every state under court order (DC v. Heller) | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Rarely |
Permitless: 32 states Shall issue: 7 states May issue: 6 states Anomalous: 1 state Illegal: 4 states |
Permitless: 16 states Shall issue: 26 states May issue: 9 states |
Varies internally | Varies internally | Federal: 10 years, State: Varies[135] | |
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Uruguay[law 86] | Justification required for more than 3 guns | Yes (up to 3) | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – may issue | No | 12 | ||
Uzbekistan[136] | Yes – hunting and sport shooting | No | Yes – under license | No | No | No | No | 10 | No | ||
Vanuatu[51] | Yes – farming[N 15] | No | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | No | No[N 2] | Template:N/A | No | 6 months |
Vatican City | Total ban[137] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Venezuela | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Template:Rarely | No | No | No[138] | 20 | |||||
Vietnam | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | Template:Rarely | No | No | No | No | 7 | |
Yemen[139] | No | Yes | colspan="2" Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Yes – may issue. Unrestricted in rural areas |
Yes – may issue. Unrestricted in rural areas |
None | Yes | 1 | |
Zambia[law 87] | At discretion of authorities[N 24] | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | No | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – under license | No | 15 | ||
Zimbabwe[law 88] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | Yes – may issue | Template:Rarely | Maybe[N 3] | Yes – may issue | No | 5 | |||
Individual jursdictions | |||||||||||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Cayman Islands[140] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – may issue | No | No | No | ||||||
Cook Islands[51] | No new licenses since 1992 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Template:N/A | No | |
Gaza Strip[N 32][141] | No | Yes | colspan="2" Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | None | ||||
Greenland[law 89] | Template:Ya | May issue | Template:Usually | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | Template:Usually | Yes – may issue | None | Long guns | None for long guns |
Guam | No | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes | Yes – shall issue | No | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | None | No | |
Hong Kong[law 90] | colspan="2" Template:Rarely | Yes – under license | No | 14 | |||||||
Idlib Governorate (rebel-held) | No | Yes | colspan="2" Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | Template:Usually | None | Yes | |||
Northern Mariana Islands | No | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes | No | Automatic in case of legal possession | No | 10 | Yes (under court order) |
||
Puerto Rico[law 91][142] | No | Yes | Yes – shall issue | Yes – shall issue | No | No | Yes – shall issue | None | No | 5 | |
American Samoa | Yes – plantation protection and hunting[N 15] | No | Shotguns and .22 LR rifles | No | Template:Rarely | No | Yes (long guns only) |
No | None | No | |
Somaliland | Justification required for more than 1 gun of each type | Unspecified | Yes (up to one) | Unspecified | One Kalashnikov rifle | No | Yes – shall issue | None | No | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | Yes – farming and sport shooting | Yes (handguns only) | Yes – under license | Yes – under license | No | No | Template:Rarely | Yes | No | ||
West Bank[141] | Yes – under license | 3 | |||||||||
Region | Good reason required? | Personal protection | Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) | Handguns | Semi-automatic rifles | Fully automatic firearms | Open carry | Concealed carry | Magazine capacity limit[N 1] | Free of registration | Max penalty (years) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 P – pistol, S – shotgun, R – rifle, CF – centerfire, RF – rimfire, SA – semi-automatic, LG – long guns e.g: SACFR: semi-automatic centerfire rifle
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 While there is no explicit ban on concealed carry, ban on handguns makes it prohibited in practice.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 While law does not specifically address open carry it may be not allowed in practice and prosecuted under other laws such as causing panic in public
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- ↑ According to Brazilian law applicants need to provide "good reason" to get firearm license. On 15 January 2019 president Bolsonaro signed executive order which made living in state with more than 10 homicides per 100,000 people a good reason – condition met by every state.[24] On 7 May 2019 president signed new executive order which instead stated that authorities shall accept any reason provided by applicant.[25] On 25 June 2019 Bolsonaro signed final executive order which removed "good reason" requirement altogether.[26]
- ↑ 99.7% of firearm license applications granted[31]
- ↑ limited to 100 rounds of each registered firearm. Hunting and sports licenses limited to 2000 rounds, 3000 for those with a transport license for each registered firearm. All ammunition sales must be registered.
- ↑ Around 93% of firearm license applications granted
- ↑ Due to reserve military, many people have G3A3/G3A4.
- ↑ Subject to may issue police permit ("exemption") – private citizens only for collecting purposes, rarely issued
- ↑ Municipal Police and Czech National Bank Security only while on-duty; law also lists exceptions allowing for transport and carry of nonconcealed firearms eg. sport-shooting events, hunting and travel to and from those events, must be transported in the way not to cause public panic, forbidden in public transport
- ↑ Otherwise forbidden magazines with higher capacity are subject to shall issue police permit ("exemption") – for variety of reasons incl. self defense, sport, etc.
- ↑ Special cases specified by penal code, include committing the crime of illicit firearm possession as part of organized group, in "large extent" (many firearms) or during state of war or other emergency
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 While law does not specify "good reason" those are accepted in practice
- ↑ Around 50% of firearm license applications granted
- ↑ Around 60% of firearm license applications granted
- ↑ 89% of firearm license applications granted (2011-2013)[69]
- ↑ 83% of firearm license applications granted
- ↑ 98.3% of firearm license application granted (2017)[96]
- ↑ Public display of weapons banned in 2000, ban mostly not enforced
- ↑ However police may limit or forbid carrying while issuing the permit at its discretion
- ↑ 93% of firearm applications granted[107]
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Law does not require good reason for firearm license but it gives authorities power to reject applications at their will
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Handguns only
- ↑ Around 50% of firearm license applications granted (2011).[114]
- ↑ Limit for standard shall-issue permit. No limit for shall-issue permit for sport shooters and may-issue exceptional permit
- ↑ Around 57% of firearm license applications granted
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- ↑ Shall issue section 2 shotguns, which are limited to 3 rounds (2+1)). Shotguns that fall under may issue section 1 are not limited
- ↑ 5 years minimum and up to 10 years maximum for section 5 prohibited firearms. No minimum and up to 5 years maximum for any other non-prohibited but unlicensed firearms
- ↑ De iure part of Palestinian Authority, de facto self-governing territory under control of Hamas. While Palestinian law prohibits possession of firearms without license it has not been implemented in Gaza Strip.
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