Editing Overview of gun laws by nation (section)

=== Yemen ===
{{Main|Gun law in Yemen}}

Yemen has a permissive gun policy and does not require permits for firearm ownership. The 1992 Law "On Regulating Carrying Firearms and Ammunitions and Their Trade", established the right to own firearms (rifles, machine guns, revolvers and hunting rifles) for the purpose of legitimate defense. Licenses are required to carry firearms in cities, which are issued on a may-issue basis with varying restrictions depending on the city. Open and concealed carry is unrestricted in rural areas.<ref name="yemen" /> Since the breakout of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)|civil war]] in 2011 there has been barely any state gun control, and fully-automatic rifles/assault rifles, anti-tank guided missiles or armored vehicles are available over the counter for various militias and individuals willing to buy them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jamestown.org/program/yemen-dangerous-regional-arms-bazaar/|title=Yemen: A Dangerous Regional Arms Bazaar|newspaper=Jamestown |date=16 June 2017}}</ref>

According to the Small Arms Survey of 2018 titled ''Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers'', there are roughly 14.9 million civilian-held firearms in Yemen (52.8 firearms held per 100 residents), making Yemen the second most armed country in the world after the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karp|first=Aaron|date=June 2018|title=Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/T-Briefing-Papers/SAS-BP-Civilian-Firearms-Numbers.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620231909/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/T-Briefing-Papers/SAS-BP-Civilian-Firearms-Numbers.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2018|access-date=23 June 2020|website=Small Arms Survey|publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]}}</ref>