How strict are gun laws in Venezuela?
Restrictive
Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
Venezuela 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
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Colombia
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Grenada
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Guyana
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
- Saint Lucia
- Restrictive Handguns are licensed only at the authorities' discretion, or only to club members or existing owners.
Other laws in Venezuela
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Military Conscription
- Active conscription
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