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Dressler, Matteo, Nils Duquet & Julia Eckelmann. 2021 ‘Scope of Non-regularised Firearms in EU Member States. Estonia.’ Forgotten Weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union, p. 34. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 28 April

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The Estonian police state that "it is fairly common for old firearms to be found in buildings and houses, for example inside the walls, whilst renovating". It is believed that some of these firearms are remains from the Second World War and Soviet occupation. It is also assumed that an unknown number of guns became non-regularised in the process of implementing new standards for deactivation.

The period for complying and therefore regularising those guns ended in 2019. In a word: non-regularised firearms are not uncommon in Estonia. Still, the total numbers are estimated to be low as the country's overall market for illicit firearms is small.

ID: Q15470

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