Strict Gun Control Laws in South Korea
When reports in Korea regarding recurrent shooting occurrences comes out of the U.S., Koreans brought out small groan of relief for living in a country where gun possession demands a strict law and prohibited by law.
Korean men who belong to a military service is compulsory, however, that is probably the only time a normal civilian will be allowed to bring a gun.
Government staff authorized by government of Korea could own or carry a gun. License is given out to very few people right after they undergo the physical exam like group of people hired to escort and protect the president or foreign chief public representative, rifle workers at industrial company sites, recognized hunters or Olympic athlete shooters.
When a person is caught selling or purchasing guns produced in Korea to send out to other countries, there is a penalty of up to ten years imprisonment or a fine of eighteen thousand dollars. Even the ownership of a toy gun “that resembles a real gun” is illegal.
According to reports five years ago, there were fifty cases of gun-related incidents resulting to death or injury. Most of them were accidents and not purposive murder attempts.
J. Cho