"States should work toward the introduction of appropriate national legislation, administrative regulations and licensing requirements that define conditions under which firearms can be acquired, used and traded by private persons. In particular, they should consider the prohibition of unrestricted trade and private ownership of small arms and light weapons."
—The United Nations' Report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, August 19, 1999
—The United Nations' Report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, August 19, 1999