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Firearms (guns, ammunitions, explosives) exist in Bermuda, the 'army' (regiment) and the police possess them.  Want to know more about what is bought?  Direct Commercial Sales from the USA are the subject of licences permitting the activity.   The State Department's Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) program regulates private U.S. companies' overseas sales of weapons and other defense articles, defense services, and military training. DCS should be distinguished from the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, which manages government-to-government sales.

DCS licenses do not necessarily refer to final sales; they indicate only that the State Department has granted permission for a possible sale. The State Department estimates that about half of all export licenses it grants result in actual deliveries.  A register of licences granted can be found at: Firearms Export Licences  

It is assumed the $49,545 (licences) is exceeded by the deliveries ($113,953) due to the latter representing previous years (1996?) orders.  (A break-down is detailed below)

Sources:

Source for "snapshot":

United States, Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 1999, (Washington: Central Intelligence Agency: 1999) <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/bd.html>.

Sources:

³ United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

⁴ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 1998 (Washington: March 1997): 695-6.

⁵ Congressional Record, March 4, 1998: E295-6 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r105:E04MR8-342:>.
United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 97 (Washington: August 1998).

⁶ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 1999 (Washington: March 1998).

⁷ United States, Department of State, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 98 (Washington: July 1999): 1-123.

⁸ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2000 (Washington: March 1999): 1283-4.

⁹ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2001 (Washington: March 2000)  <http://www.state.gov/www/budget/fy2001/fn150/forops_full/150fy01_fo_supporting-d.html#commerc>.

1996:²

1997:³

1998:⁴

Sources:

¹ United States, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, “Article: Revision of US Arms Exports Data Series,” World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1997 (Washington: ACDA, 1997, revised January 1999) <http://www.acda.gov/wmeat97/commerce.pdf>.

² United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

³ United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 97 (Washington: August 1998): 1.

⁴ United States, Department of State, U.S. Arms Exports: Direct Commercial Sales Authorizations for Fiscal Year 98 (Washington: July 1999): 12.

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