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SEESAC. 2019 ‘Firearms License-holders in Moldova (2012-2016).’ SEESAC Moldova - 2012/2016 SALW Survey, pp. 22-23. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 18 December
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Table 3: Civilian firearm license-holders by sex and license category, 2012-2016
Women:
Category: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
Category B: 323 - 334 - 365 - 407 - 439
Category C: 102 - 131 - 158 - 181 - 196
Category D: 1 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 7
[Dis-aggregated] Total: 426 - 470 - 528 - 593 - 642
Men:
Category: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
Category B: 49,021 - 49,970 - 50,895 - 51,782 - 52,771
Category C: 1,906 - 2,209 - 2,2643 - 2,801 - 2,863
Category D: 33 - 41 - 62 - 71 - 89
[Dis-aggregated] Total: 50,960 - 52,220 - 53,600 - 54,654 - 55,723
[GunPolicy.org calculations: Totals: 51,386 - 52,690 - 54,128 - 55,247 - 56,365]
The number of firearm license-holders increased from 51,386 in 2012 to 56,365 in 2016, 99% of which were male. Over the five-year period, an average of 95.5% of all firearm license-holders held licenses for category B firearms, 4.9% held licenses for category C firearms and only 0.4% were for category D firearms.
Of the few female license-holders in 2016 (642 in total), 68.3% held category B licenses and 30.5% held category C licenses, while 94.7% of men had category B licenses and 4.8% held licenses for category C firearms.
In 2016, 59.7% of all firearm license-holders were aged 36 to 60, while 32.8% were aged 18 to 35 and 7.5% were aged 61 or older