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SEESAC. 2019 ‘Total Firearms Holdings by State Agencies, Civilians and Private Entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012-2016).’ SEESAC Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2012/2016 SALW Survey, p. 20. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 18 December

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Based on available data, the total number of legal firearms held by state agencies who provided data for this survey, civilians and private entities increased between 2012 and 2016, from 311,410 firearms in 2012 to 376,151 by 2016, a steady increase of 20.8%. In all, 77.3% of the total legal firearm holdings in 2016 were in civilian hands, while 21.4% were held by state agencies. (9) Only 1.3% were held by private entities. This does not include the number of reserve SALW held by the Ministry of Defence, which was classified.

Table 1: Total firearms holdings by state agencies, civilians and private entities, 2012 – 2016

Category: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016
Firearms held by state agencies:* 79,051 - 79,168 - 80,625 - 80,650 - 80,604
Firearms held by civilians: 229,308 - 239,946 - 255,018 - 272,247 - 290,720
Firearms held by private entities: 3,051 - 3,658 - 3,727 - 4,411 - 4,827
Total: 311,410 - 322,772 - 339,370 - 357,308 - 376,151
*State agency firearm holdings comprise the firearms held by the Ministries of Interior, police forces at all levels and the Ministry of Defence.

[GunPolicy.org calculations:
Total civilian firearm holdings (civilians + private entities): 232,359 - 243,604 - 258,745 - 276,658 - 295,547]

Notes
9) The figures given for the total number of firearms in the hands of state agencies include the Ministries of Interior, the Ministry of Defense and the Police forces only, and cover firearms in active use, held in reserve and surplus firearms. The number of firearms in the hands of state agencies is likely to be higher than the figures given as data was not available for other state agencies authorized to hold firearms, such as the Forest Guards, Ministry of Justice and the Indirect Taxation Authority

[SALW = small arms and light weapons]

ID: Q16018

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