How strict are gun laws in Rwanda?
Restrictive
Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
Rwanda is one of 87 countries classified “Restrictive” for civilian gun ownership — 43% of the 202 with data. (Also searched as firearm laws.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Burundi
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Uganda
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Tanzania
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Kenya
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- South Sudan
- Permissive Handguns are permitless and concealed carry is unregulated, making self-defense sufficient for acquisition.
Other laws in Rwanda
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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