Conventional Arms Transfers: U.S. Efforts to Control the Availability of Small Arms and Light Weapons

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on government to government transfers of U.S. small arms and light weapons, focusing on: (1) U.S. government monitoring and reporting policies regarding small arms and light weapons transfers; (2) the steps the U.S. government is taking at the international level to address the availability of small arms and light weapons; and (3) lessons identified regarding weapon collection programs.