Strict civilian gun control? That's a funny one, you can only buy guns legally at one store operated by the military, but on the streets you can buy any weapon you want and that includes a lot of AK-47, I even remember in the 1990's a guy had dozens of Desert Eagles which were used by the US Army in the first Iraq war for sale, and if you have a gun you can carry it in public, so I think in that respect we are much freer than the US.