Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Dressler, Matteo, Nils Duquet & Julia Eckelmann. 2021 ‘Scope of Non-regularised Firearms in EU Member States. Portugal.’ Forgotten Weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union, p. 32. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 28 April
Relevant contents
Portugal has an assumed one million non-registered or incorrectly registered firearms. These "lost" guns are connected to the transition to democracy in 1970, the end of Portugal's colonial history, recent legislative changes and decreasing interest in hunting and shooting for sport.
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