Firearms are not defined the same way in each country.
Some terms are used in several countries in the context of gun laws. These include the following:
- shall-issue: granting of a required license or permit is subject only to the applicant’s meeting determinate criteria laid out in the law; the granting authority has no discretion in the awarding of licenses.
- may-issue: granting of a required permit or license is partially at the discretion of local authorities. Some jurisdictions may provide administrative and legal avenues for an applicant to appeal a permit denial, while others may not.
- no-issue: granting of a required permit or license is forbidden, or, at most, allowed only in certain very limited circumstances.
Gun laws might be classified by countries according to some specific common characteristics:
- Yemen and the majority of U.S. states do not require any permit for acquisition of a majority of types of firearms, meaning that any non-prohibited person may buy them from licensed dealers.
- Some countries including Austria, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland are partially licensed, meaning that any non-prohibited citizen may buy repeating rifles and break-action shotguns from licensed dealers and a permit is required only for handguns and semi-automatic firearms.
- Some countries allow firearm ownership without good reason or with a simple declaration of reason. For example, in Austria, while the law requires an applicant to have good reason to acquire a license for a handgun, self-defense at home is accepted as a good reason. Canada and New Zealand do not require good reason for applicants’ acquisition of most types of long guns, although they require it for restricted weapons like handguns.
- Some countries require an applicant to show good reason to secure a firearm license. In some, like Poland and Malta, the list of good reasons and conditions that must be met is explicitly stated in the law, while in others, like Kenya and the United Kingdom, the law does not specify what constitutes a good reason but leaves it at discretion of authorities.
- In some countries, like China, Japan, and Myanmar, only people meeting narrow conditions are allowed to own firearms, and few licenses are issued.
- In a few countries, including Cambodia, Eritrea, and the Solomon Islands, ownership of firearms by civilians is completely prohibited.
Country | Which civilians can own |
Good reason to own |
Background check |
Registration |
Handguns |
Semi-automatics |
Full automatics |
Open carry |
|
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Afghanistan | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Regulated | Allowed w/ permit | ||||
Albania | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Algeria | Required | ||||||||
American Samoa | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Andorra | Required | ||||||||
Angola | Required | Required | |||||||
Antigua And Barbuda | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Argentina | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ few exceptions | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions |
Armenia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
Aruba | Any licensed or conditionally licensed | Required | Required | Prohibited | |||||
Australia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ strict requirements | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited if operable | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions |
Austria | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Azerbaijan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | ||||
Bahamas | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Not required | Allowed w/ strict requirements | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Bahrain | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Bangladesh | Licensed buyers only | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Barbados | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Not required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |
Belarus | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | ||||
Belgium | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Belize | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license (most types) | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Benin | Required | ||||||||
Bermuda | Licensed buyers only | Required | Prohibited | ||||||
Bhutan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | ||||||
Bolivia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Bosnia And Herzegovina | Required | ||||||||
Botswana | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited w/ few exceptions | |||
Brazil | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ few vexceptions | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
British Virgin Islands | Licensed buyers only | Required | Prohibited | ||||||
Brunei | Licensed buyers only | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||||
Bulgaria | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed | Allowed |
Burkina Faso | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (most types) | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | ||
Burundi | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Cambodia | None (prohibited) | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Cameroon | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Canada | Licensed buyers only | Only for restricted firearms | Required (extensive) | Firearm-dependent | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited after 1978 | Allowed w/ permit | |
Cape Verde | Certain license classes only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | |||
Cayman Islands | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Not required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Central African Republic | |||||||||
Chad | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Chile | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (non-automatics) | Prohibited w/ rare exception | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
China | None (prohibited) | Required | Required | Required | Allowed for hunting only | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ restrictions | Allowed |
Colombia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ rare exception | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Comoros | Not required | ||||||||
Cook Islands | None (prohibited) since 1992 | Required | Prohibited | ||||||
Costa Rica | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (w/ exceptions) | Allowed w/ license (w/ exceptions) | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Croatia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Cuba | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Cyprus | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Czech Republic | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Denmark | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Djibouti | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Dominica | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Dominican Republic | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | ||
Dr Congo | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Ecuador | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Egypt | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | ||
El Salvador | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |||
Equatorial Guinea | |||||||||
Eritrea | None (prohibited) | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
Estonia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Eswatini | Required | ||||||||
Ethiopia | Any of-age, non-disqualified person | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |||
Falkland Islands | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | ||||||
Fiji | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Finland | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (some cases) | Allowed w/ license (some cases) | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions |
France | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
Gabon | |||||||||
Gambia | Members of firearms clubs only | ||||||||
Georgia | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Germany | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Ghana | Required | ||||||||
Greece | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Grenada | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | |||||
Guadeloupe | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |||
Guam | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed | Allowed w/ permit |
Guatemala | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Guinea | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (rare instances) | ||||
Guinea Bissau | |||||||||
Guyana | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ restrictions |
Haiti | Licensed buyers only | Required | Not required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed | Allowed | ||
Honduras | Licensed buyers only | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | ||
Hong Kong | Licensed buyers only | ||||||||
Hungary | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed (some professions) | |
Iceland | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | ||||
India | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license & major restrictions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed |
Indonesia | High-level officials, military, and police only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed for specific uses only | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Iran | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Requires government permission | Regulated | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ permit | ||
Iraq | Required | ||||||||
Ireland | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Israel | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Italy | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Ivory Coast | Required | ||||||||
Jamaica | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |||
Japan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Jordan | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ exceptions | ||||
Kazakhstan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Unaddressed by laws | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Kenya | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Kiribati | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Kuwait | Licensed buyers only | Required (extensive) | Prohibited | ||||||
Kyrgyzstan | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required (extensive) | ||||||
Laos | Licensed w/ high social status only | Required | Required (extensive) | ||||||
Latvia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license (up to 9mm) | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Prohibited |
Lebanon | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Not required | Allowed for specific uses only | Prohibited | |||
Lesotho | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | |||||
Liberia | Professional hunters only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | |||||
Libya | Militia members only | Required | |||||||
Liechtenstein | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Lithuania | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Luxembourg | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Macau | Licensed buyers only | Police and military only | Police and military only | ||||||
Madagascar | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Malawi | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | ||||||
Malaysia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Unmentioned in law | Unmentioned in law | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Maldives | Required | ||||||||
Mali | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Malta | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Marshall Islands | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Martinique | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
Mauritania | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | |
Mauritius | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Mayotte | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
Mexico | Registered buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ exceptions | Allowed | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Micronesia | None (prohibited) (but poorly enforced) | Not required | Required (extensive) | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
Moldova | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Monaco | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | ||||
Mongolia | Required | ||||||||
Montenegro | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Montserrat | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Morocco | Required | ||||||||
Mozambique | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | |||
Myanmar | Ethnic Chin hunters only | ||||||||
Namibia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed | |
Nauru | None (prohibited) | ||||||||
Nepal | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Netherlands | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
New Caledonia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
New Zealand | Licensed buyers only | Firearm-dependent | Required (extensive) | Firearm-dependent | Heavily restricted | Heavily restricted | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Nicaragua | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Niger | Required | ||||||||
Nigeria | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Prohibited |
Niue | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Prohibited |
North Korea | None (prohibited) | ||||||||
North Macedonia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Allowed w/ license & restrictions | Allowed w/ license & conditions | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Norway | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Oman | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | ||||
Pakistan | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | |||
Palau | None (prohibited) | ||||||||
Palestine | Licensed buyers only | Required (extensive) | Requires government permission | Requires government permission | Allowed w license (rare) | ||||
Panama | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ rare exception | Allowed w/ permit | |
Papua New Guinea | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ pre-1999 license | Allowed w/ pre-1999 license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Paraguay | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Peru | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ restrictions | ||
Philippines | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Poland | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed for specific uses only | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit |
Portugal | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | ||
Puerto Rico | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Qatar | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Republic Of The Congo | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Not required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited w exceptions | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions |
Reunion | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | ||
Romania | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Russia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Unaddressed in legal code | Prohibited | Prohibited w exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions |
Rwanda | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Saint Kitts And Nevis | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | |||
Saint Lucia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | ||||
Samoa | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
San Marino | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | |||||
Sao Tome And Principe | |||||||||
Saudi Arabia | Licensed buyers only | Required | |||||||
Senegal | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited w/ exceptions |
Serbia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ rare exception | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Seychelles | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | ||||||
Sierra Leone | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | |||||
Singapore | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Unaddressed by laws | Unaddressed by laws | Unaddressed by law | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Slovakia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Firearm-dependent | |
Slovenia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ restrictions | |
Solomon Islands | None (prohibited) | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
Somalia | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Allowed w/ license | ||||||
South Africa | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w/ exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed |
South Korea | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
South Sudan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Spain | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Requires special authorization | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Sri Lanka | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | |||||
Sudan | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ restrictions | Allowed w/ permit |
Suriname | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Sweden | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license & restrictions | Requires special authorization | Prohibited | Allowed in rare circumstances | |
Switzerland | Firearm-dependent | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited w rare exceptions | Firearm-dependent | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions |
Syria | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ restrictions | ||
Taiwan | Fishermen and indigenous only | Required | Required (extensive) | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | |||
Tajikistan | Licensed buyers only | Firearm-dependent | Required | Required | Prohibited | ||||
Tanzania | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit | |
Thailand | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Timor Leste | Licensed only w/ rare exceptions | Required | Required | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||||
Togo | Required | ||||||||
Tokelau | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Firearm-dependent | Allowed w/ strict requirements | Allowed w/ strict requirements | Prohibited w/ rare exceptions | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Tonga | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed by law, prohibited in practice | Allowed by law, prohibited in practice | Prohibited | Prohibited | |
Trinidad And Tobago | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | Allowed w/ permit |
Tunisia | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | |||
Turkey | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited | Allowed w/ permit | |
Turkmenistan | Licensed buyers only | Firearm-dependent | Required | ||||||
Tuvalu | Licensed buyers only | Not required | Required | Required | Prohibited | Unaddressed by laws | Unaddressed by law | ||
Uganda | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required (extensive) | Required | Allowed w/ license | Unaddressed by laws | Prohibited | ||
Ukraine | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license | Allowed w/ permit | |||
United Arab Emirates | Licensed buyers only | Required (extensive) | |||||||
United States | Non-prohibited individuals of age | State-dependent | State-dependent | Allowed in most jurisdictions | Allowed (most jurisdictions) | Allowed w/ license | Varies by jurisdiction | Varies by jurisdiction | |
United States Virgin Islands | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | ||||||
Uruguay | Licensed buyers only | Required | Required | Allowed w/ license (most types) | Allowed w/ license (most models) | Allowed w/ license | Prohibited | Prohibited |
Notes: 1.) Handguns: Countries marked “specific uses” allow handguns for hunting, protection, and/or security use only. 2.) Registration: Countries marked “firearm-dependent” have different regulations for different types of firearm (pistol, sport rifle, semi-automatic rifle, automatic rifle, etc.) 3.) Concealed carry: Ireland legally allows concealed carry for those with a valid permit, but no evidence exists that any such permits have been issued.