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EU: European Commission: Firearms: Report from the Commission: Evaluation on the control of the acquisition and possession of weapons

26 November 2015

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"the evaluators flagged the lack of key data relating to both market and security aspects. Regarding the market aspect, available statistics at national and EU level usually did not distinguish civilian from military firearms (therefore making it difficult to isolate data on civilian firearms). Even when this was possible, data were not always available at Member States level for all countries (due to confidentiality), thus not allowing tracing trends of production over time. Finally the main company operating in the sector did not provide large access to information....

Due to the lack of comprehensive data, it has been difficult for the evaluator to assess the effectiveness of the Directive in connection to the security objectives. In particular, the analysis was hampered by the lack of an information base including specific and detailed data on criminal offences committed with legally owned firearms, converted alarm weapons and reactivated firearms in EU MS.."

See the full text: Report from the Commission: Evaluation on the control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (pdf)

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