The Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Trafficking and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons was adopted by the representatives of the 51 Member States of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Bamako, Mali, on 1 December 2000. [149] The provisions of this Declaration recommend that signatories criminalize the illegal possession of small arms and light weapons under the national law of their respective countries. [150] Firearms in Argentina have been restricted and regulated by the ANMaC (Agencia Nacional de Materiales Controlados) since October 2015. This agency replaced RENAR (Registro Nacional de Armas de la Republica Argentina), both of which are a department of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. To own a firearm in Argentina, you must be a legitimate user. Applicants must: be 21 years of age or older, present a medical certificate attesting that they are in good physical and mental shape, take a security course, provide a legitimate means of income, and undergo and pass a background check. The fingerprints of a successful candidate will be taken and a permit will be issued, which must be renewed every five years. You cannot legally unload a firearm in Argentina if it is not a legitimate user, even if that weapon belongs to someone else. Once a legitimate user wants to buy a firearm, they must provide a safe place to store the firearm and provide an acceptable reason for wanting a firearm – such as collection, targeting, hunting, business or self-defense at home.
[165] Uruguayan law permits the possession of firearms on the basis of the question. These firearms must have a caliber of less than .50 BMG. Transport permits are issued on the basis of an exhibition in May, which is not a problem in practice, except for people who work as private security guards. Police and military personnel can carry their firearms outside of duty hours without the need for a permit. The legal carrying of firearms must always be done secretly, no open carrying is allowed. More recently, politicians in the ruling coalition have expressed their intention to allow secret transport permits to be issued to civilians. With about 35 civilian firearms per 100 inhabitants, Uruguay is the eighth largest country in the world and the most heavily armed country in Latin America. Eu firearms plans are in line with the UN Firearms Protocol (117 States Parties in 2019). [323] This UN protocol, which has been in place since 2005, strengthens the rules governing the production of and trade in small arms and light weapons such as small arms and pistols. This is based on three main legal measures: the criminalization of the illicit trade in firearms; approval or licensing of legitimate manufacturers and sellers; and the establishment of marking and registration for the traceability of firearms. [324] Fully automatic weapons are prohibited for civilian use unless the Department of Justice issues a special permit.
These permits are extremely rare and are usually only issued to people or companies that work for or provide for the police or military. A separate licence is required for each firearm, caliber kit or silencer. There is no codified limit to the number of licences a person can possess, but in practice, a licence holder can own up to six shotguns, ten handguns or a mixture of eight rifles and handguns. Firearms must be stored in an approved safe. A firearm registered for hunting can be used for sport shooting, but not the other way around. Licences acquired for hunting are implicitly limited to bolt-action rifles or, more rarely, semi-automatic rifles that are “applicable to hunting” without the latter being strictly defined in the laws, which is controversial. [378] According to Article 10 of the Mexican Constitution, citizens and residents have the right to possess and carry weapons, but may carry them only in accordance with police regulations, i.e. Article 32 of the “Ley Federal de Armas de Fuego y Explosivos”. [198] Applicants must: have a clear criminal record; proven income and place of residence (i.e., cannot be homeless); conscription; a clean health certificate (including drug testing); justified the use of the weapon; be busy. [199] New firearms are purchased through the Department of Defence.
Prohibited weapons include: large-calibre handguns; shotguns with a barrel of less than 640 mm (25 inches) or a bore of more than 12 track gauges; and fully automatic or large-caliber rifles. A handgun is allowed for home defense, but must be registered within 30 days of purchase. [200] For hunting and sport shooting, up to nine long guns and one handgun are allowed, which requires membership in a hunting or shooting club. Collectors may be allowed to possess additional weapons and prohibited. [201] A permit to carry a weapon may be issued to persons employed by private security companies, and some weapons are exclusive to the armed forces. [202] Licences must be renewed every two years. [203] Liberia only allows the possession of single-barrel shotguns for hunting purposes. Private security authorities are prohibited from arming their employees. However, some criminals have automatic firearms, especially AK-47. These are believed to be remnants of the intermittent civil war that has been going on for decades in the country. Automatic firearms are also likely to cross the country`s porous borders with Guinea, Côte d`Ivoire and Sierra Leone. These countries have more liberal gun ownership laws.
All of Liberia`s neighbours have experienced some form of armed conflict over the past two decades, flooding them with illegal automatic weapons. The Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the only armed unit of the Liberian National Police, responds to armed incidents, particularly armed robberies. The types of firearms allowed in Swaziland are shotguns, revolvers, pistols and rifles. To obtain a permit, approval is required from the Local Chief`s Council, the Local Station Commander, the Regional Administrator, the Director of Crime at Police Headquarters, the Firearms Registry Officer/Registrar, the Licensing Committee and finally the Police Station Commander. One of the requirements is the general reputation in the Community. The acceptance rate of applications in 2002 was approximately 57 per cent. [127] There are 102,610 registered firearms (or 22 per 100 people), including 56,000 shotguns, 10,553 pistols, 7,856 rifles, 5,369 revolvers, 501 machine guns, 477 machine guns, 633 combat rifles, 22 cannons, 7 human killers, and 2 rocket launchers. Pakistan has permissive gun laws compared to the rest of South Asia and has the sixth largest number of private weapons in the world.
Laws regulate the carrying of weapons in public in most urban areas. Private weapons are prohibited in educational institutions, inns, guest houses and accommodation, masses, gatherings or processions of a political, religious, ceremonial or sectarian nature, as well as in the premises of courts or public offices. [266] Pakistani law does not specify whether firearms licences must be refused or revoked, and a licence allows for the possession of an unlimited number of weapons, including handguns of any size and fully automatic weapons. Firearms are a traditionally important part of rural life in the northwestern regions, where it is not uncommon to see people legally carrying RPGs and assault rifles. [Citation needed] Illegal possession of a firearm may be punishable by imprisonment for at least one year. Civilians are allowed to keep private weapons such as pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles in their residences. [333] These must be stored with their ammunition in an approved gun cabinet (EN1143-1 degree 0 or higher). [334] Police may inspect a shooting club`s weapons at their own discretion, but require a court order to inspect private firearms. [335] Rifles and handguns can be held by citizens, but with strict controls.