Civilian Inventories

Estimating Global Civilian-held Firearms Numbers, by Aaron Karp. Briefing Paper, June 2018. (See also the Annexe with data by country/territory.)

• Overview

Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small Arms, by Nicolas Florquin, Dauren Aben, and Takhmina Karimova, 2012. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets.

Estimating Civilian Owned Firearms, September 2011. Research Note No. 9, Armed Actors (also available in Catalan and Spanish).

• Overview

A Booming Business: Private Security and Small Arms, by Nicolas Florquin,  2011. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security.

Small Arms in Brazil: Production, Trade, and Holdings, by Pablo Dreyfus, Benjamin Lessing, Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, and Júlio Cesar Purcena, a joint publication of Viva Rio, ISER, and the Small Arms Survey, September 2010. Special Report No. 11

• Overview

Elusive Arsenals: Gang and Group Firearms, by Aaron Karp, 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Arms in and around Mauritania: National and Regional Security Implications, by Stéphanie Pézard with Anne-Kathrin Glatz, June 2010. Occasional Paper No. 24 (also available in French)

Supply and Demand: Arms Flows and Holdings in Sudan, December 2009. HSBA Issue Brief No. 15 (also available in Arabic)

Man, the State, and War: The Three Faces of Small Arms Disarmament, by Aaron Karp, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War. 

Firearm-related Violence in Mozambique, a joint publication of the Ministry of the Interior of Mozambique, the World Health Organization—Mozambique, and the Small Arms Survey, June 2009. Special Report No. 10

The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox, by Eric G. Berman with Louisa N. Lombard, December 2008 (also available in French).

Small Arms in Rio de Janeiro: The Guns, the Buyback, and the Victims, by Pablo Dreyfus, Luis Eduardo Guedes, Ben Lessing, Antônio Rangel Bandeira, Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, and Patricia Silveira Rivero, a study by the Small Arms Survey, Viva Rio, and ISER, December 2008. Special Report No. 9

The Drift Back to War: Insecurity and Militarization in the Nuba Mountains, August 2008. HSBA Issue Brief No. 12 (also available in Arabic)

Blowback: Kenya's Illicit Ammunition Problem in Turkana North District, by James Bevan, June 2008. Occasional Paper No. 22 (Executive Summary also available)

A Semi-automatic Process? Identifying and Destroying Military Surplus, by Aaron Karp, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Allies and Defectors: An Update on Armed Group Integration and Proxy Force Activity, May 2008. HSBA Issue Brief No. 11 (also available in Arabic)

Quoi de neuf sur le front congolais? Evaluation de base sur la circulation des armes lLégères et de petit calibre en République du Congo, by Robert Muggah and Ryan Nichols, published with the UNDP–Republic of the Congo, December 2007. Special Report No. 8

Small Arms in Burundi: Disarming the Civilian Population in Peacetime, by Stéphanie Pézard and Nicolas Florquin, a study by the Small Arms Survey and the Ligue Iteka with support from UNDP–Burundi and Oxfam–NOVIB, August 2007. Special Report No. 7 (also available in French)

Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms, by Aaron Karp, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

La République Centrafricaine: une étude de cas sur les armes légères et les conflits, by Eric G. Berman, with the support of UNDP, July 2006. Special Report No. 6

How Many Weapons Are There in Cambodia? by Christina Wille, July 2006. Working Paper No. 4

Crime and Ammunition Procurement: The Case of Brazil, by Pablo Dreyfus, 2006. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, eds. Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Colombia's Hydra: The Many Faces of Gun Violence, by Katherine Aguirre et al., 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Islands of Safety in a Sea of Guns: Gun-free Zones in South Africa, by Adèle Kirsten et al., January 2006. Working Paper No. 3

Demanding Attention: Addressing the Dynamics of Small Arms Demand, by David Atwood, Anne-Kathrin Glatz, and Robert Muggah, January 2006. Occasional Paper No. 18 (also available in French and Spanish)

Securing Haiti’s Transition: Reviewing Human Insecurity and the Prospects for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, by Robert Muggah, November 2005. Occasional Paper No. 14 (also available in French)

The Use and Perception of Weapons Before and After Conflict: Evidence from Rwanda, by Cécelle Meijer and Philip Verwimp, October 2005. Working Paper No. 2

Gun-running in Papua New Guinea: From Arrows to Assault Weapons in the Southern Highlands, by Philip Alpers, June 2005. Special Report No. 5

The Militarization and Demilitarization of Refugee Camps in Guinea, by James Milner, 2005. In Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman, eds. Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region.

Children Associated with Fighting Forces (CAFF) and Small Arms in the Mano River Union (MRU), by Christina Wille, 2005. In Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman, eds. Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region.

Hepp, U., et al. 2010. Suicide trends diverge by method: Swiss suicide rates 1969–2005. European Psychiatry, Vol. 25, No. 3 April, pp. 129–35.

Dobat, Armin S., Diermar Heubriock and Joachim Stoeter. 2006. Waffenbesitz und waffenmissbrach in Deutschland. Kriminalpolitik, December, pp. 724-728.

Gould, Chandré and Guy Lamb, eds. 2004. Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

United Nations Crime and Justice Network. 1999. United Nations International Study on Firearms Regulation.Collection of national reports on domestic private gun ownership. Vienna: United Nations

Thorp, Sir Thomas. 1997. Review of Firearms Control in New Zealand. Wellington: Report of an Independent Inquiry Commissioned by the Minister of Police.