What is gun control?
A: Gun control (or firearms regulation) is the set of laws or policies that
regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use
of firearms by civilians.
Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding
policy, with only a few legislations being categorized as what?
A: Permissive.
Jurisdictions that regulate access to firearms
typically restrict access to only certain what?
A: Categories of firearms.
They also restrict the categories of persons who will
be granted a license to have what?
A: Access to a firearm.
Usage of the term gun control is sometimes what?
A: Politicized.
In 2007, it was estimated that there were, globally,
about how many small arms in the hands of civilians, law enforcement
agencies, and armed forces.?
A: 875 million.
Of these firearms how many are held by civilians?
A: 650 million, or 75%.
U.S. civilians account for how much of this total?
A: 270 million.
A further 200 million are controlled by who?
A: State military forces.
How many small arms does Law enforcement agencies have?
A: About 26 million.
How many do non-state armed groups have?
A: About 1.4 million.
Finally, gang members hold how many?
A: Between 2 and 10 million small arms.
A 2011 survey of 28 countries found that a major
distinction between different national regimes of firearm regulation is
whether civilian gun ownership is seen as what?
A: A right or a privilege.
What did the study conclude?
A: That both the United States and Yemen were distinct from the other
countries surveyed in viewing firearm ownership as a basic right of
civilians and in having more permissive regimes of civilian gun ownership.
In the remaining countries included in the sample,
civilian firearm ownership is considered a what?
A: A privilege and the legislation governing possession of firearms is
correspondingly more restrictive.