Countries where guns are "banned" only include a handful of outliers. I think only Eritrea has a blanket ban on gun possession by civilians. "Applicants for a gun owner’s licence in Laos are required to establish a genuine reason to possess a firearm, for example hunting" (https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/laos).
Ah, sort of like how concealed carry isn't "banned" in Hawaii because a permitting process exists, but in reality <10 permits have been issued since the system's inception.
Wikipedia indicates that a few countries (e.g. Laos) ban all private citizens from owning guns. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nati...