9. South Korea Wins Most Restrictive
Perhaps surprisingly (considering the fact that North Korea is right freaking there), South Korea has the most restrictive gun laws in the entire developed world. No one is allowed to keep a private firearm in their home. Even those weapons issued via sporting licenses are kept at local police stations when they’re not in use. Even air rifles fall under this mandate. South Korea has only 0.08 firearm-related deaths per 100,000 people.
10. Guns South of the Border
It’s very possible for men and women to own guns in Mexico, however the process is fairly rigorous and the country is very cautious about providing weapons over a certain caliber. What’s more, anyone who wants a gun must petition the country’s Defense Ministry. The Defense Ministry is also the only place from which these citizens can procure these weapons – at least legally. Even though Mexico is embroiled in a raging drug war where 122 people per million die through gun homicide, that rate is just slightly higher than Americans’ death rate from pancreatic cancer.
