Right to bear arms
No UDHR analogue. In the US Constitution: 2nd Amendment.
Note on this measure. No UDHR analogue and no de facto measure anywhere — this right is essentially a US export. Shown as declared-only rather than dropped: absence of a measure is not absence of a right.
What the text actually says
Passages tagged with this topic, from the Constitute Project.
Amendment IIAmendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Article 38. Possession and Bearing of ArmsArticle 38. Possession and Bearing of Arms The right to own [tenencia] weapons for personal use, not prohibited by the law, in the place of inhabitation, is recognized. There will not be an obligation to hand them over, except in cases ordered by a competent judge. The right to bear arms is recognized, [and is] regulated by the law.
Country by country
| Country | Declared | Practiced |
|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 100% | — |
| Mexico | 100% | — |
| United States of America | 100% | — |
| Haiti | 50% | — |
| Iran | 50% | — |
| Afghanistan | 0% | — |
| Albania | 0% | — |
| Algeria | 0% | — |
| Angola | 0% | — |
| Argentina | 0% | — |
| Armenia | 0% | — |
| Australia | 0% | — |
| Azerbaijan | 0% | — |
| Bahrain | 0% | — |
| Bangladesh | 0% | — |
| Barbados | 0% | — |
| Belarus | 0% | — |
| Belgium | 0% | — |
| Benin | 0% | — |
| Bhutan | 0% | — |
| Bolivia | 0% | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0% | — |
| Botswana | 0% | — |
| Brazil | 0% | — |
| Bulgaria | 0% | — |
| Burma/Myanmar | 0% | — |
| Cambodia | 0% | — |
| Cameroon | 0% | — |
| Canada | 0% | — |
| Cape Verde | 0% | — |
| Central African Republic | 0% | — |
| Chad | 0% | — |
| Chile | 0% | — |
| China | 0% | — |
| Colombia | 0% | — |
| Comoros | 0% | — |
| Costa Rica | 0% | — |
| Croatia | 0% | — |
| Cuba | 0% | — |
| Cyprus | 0% | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0% | — |
| Denmark | 0% | — |
| Djibouti | 0% | — |
| Dominican Republic | 0% | — |
| Ecuador | 0% | — |
| Egypt | 0% | — |
| El Salvador | 0% | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0% | — |
| Eritrea | 0% | — |
| Estonia | 0% | — |
| Eswatini | 0% | — |
| Ethiopia | 0% | — |
| Fiji | 0% | — |
| Finland | 0% | — |
| France | 0% | — |
| Gabon | 0% | — |
| Georgia | 0% | — |
| Ghana | 0% | — |
| Greece | 0% | — |
| Guinea | 0% | — |