The study concluded 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. A 2011 survey of 28 countries over five continents found that a major distinction between different national regimes of firearm regulation is whether civilian gun ownership is seen as a right or a privilege. Regulation of civilian firearmsīarring a few exceptions, most countries in the world allow civilians to purchase firearms subject to certain restrictions. Together, the small arms arsenals of non-state armed groups and gangs account for, at most, 1.4% of the global total. Finally, gang members hold between 2 and 10 million small arms. Non-state armed groups have about 1.4 million firearms. Law enforcement agencies have some 26 million small arms. A further 200 million are controlled by state military forces.
civilians account for 270 million of this total. Of these firearms 650 million, or 75%, are held by civilians. In 2007, it was estimated that globally there were about 875 million small arms in the hands of civilians, law enforcement agencies, and armed forces. Some of those in favor of legislation instead prefer to use terms such as "gun-violence prevention", "gun safety", "firearms regulation", "illegal guns", or "criminal access to guns". Usage of the term gun control is sometimes politicized. Gun control refers to domestic regulation of firearm manufacture, trade, possession, use, and transport, specifically with regard to the class of weapons referred to as small arms ( revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles, and carbines, assault rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns). See also: Small arms trade and Small arms and light weapons
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