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Gun laws in Oceania

Oceania’s gun laws are dominated by the licensing frameworks of Australia and New Zealand — genuine-reason requirements, registration, and category-based restrictions — while the Pacific island states typically prohibit or tightly restrict civilian firearms altogether.

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🇦🇺 Australia
ownership: licensed · carry: varies
🇫🇯 Fiji
ownership: licensed
🇰🇮 Kiribati
ownership: licensed · carry: permit
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
ownership: restricted · carry: no
🇫🇲 Micronesia
ownership: restricted · carry: no
🇳🇷 Nauru
ownership: prohibited · carry: no
🇳🇿 New Zealand
ownership: licensed · carry: no
🇵🇼 Palau
ownership: prohibited · carry: no
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
ownership: licensed
🇼🇸 Samoa
ownership: licensed · carry: varies
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
ownership: licensed
🇹🇴 Tonga
ownership: licensed
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
ownership: restricted · carry: permit
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
ownership: licensed · carry: varies