Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library

Print Close

de León Wantland, Mayda. 2022 ‘Regulatory Framework for Arsenals: Legislation, Operational Procedures and Security Protocols.’ Stockpile Management in Central America and the Caribbean: A Look at Arsenals in the Region, pp. 7-9. Guatemala City: Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IEPADES). 8 September

Relevant contents

G. Regulatory Framework for Arsenals: Legislation, Operational Procedures and Security Protocols

We found no legislation addressing stockpile management specifically. For instance, there is no regional law on stockpiles that would require compliance in each country in terms of minimum security measures, infrastructure, personnel, and other resources.

(…)

Among the legislation studied, El Salvador and Costa Rica had the most information about the control of weapons held by security forces, confiscated and seized weapons. An interesting insight into how arsenals are managed, in principle, is seen in El Salvador's Law on Control and Regulation of Firearms, Explosives, and Similar Items (1999):

The Regulation shall establish the safety requirements to be met by entities engaged in the manufacture, storage, and transportation of weapons, explosives, reloading of munitions, and armories, with the aim of safeguarding the
personal integrity and property of persons that reside in the surrounds, and to avoid criminal actions against the warehouses and transport of the articles mentioned. (ART. 39)

The Regulation (1999) of this Law delineates the rules on withdrawal of arms and ammunition from Armed Forces the storage facilities:

The firearms, ammunition or explosives that were imported by companies engaged in said activity shall be deposited in the storehouses of the Armed Forces, authorized by the Ministry of National Defense, and from which they may then be withdrawn for commercial sale by means of partial withdrawals. Each partial withdrawal shall be limited a maximum of thirty guns and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition, and there shall be at least one hour between each withdrawal. It shall be the Manager in charge of the Storehouse who authorizes the withdrawals, upon the presentation of the respective purchase invoices and application of the ballistics test. The Commanding Officer of the respective Military Unit shall verify that the number of weapons and ammunition removed, match the number specified on the invoice and that the transaction has the proper approval of the National Civil Police… (Article 59)

Article 339 of El Salvador's Penitentiary Law Regulation (2000) contains the following:

In every penitentiary there shall be a depot to protect the arms and other coercive items and materials, and these shall be under the control of the Subdirector of Security or his representative. All of this must be recorded in an official inventory book detailing entry and exit, which will include a) Date; b) Time; c) Name of the person making the withdrawal; d) Whether the item(s) were used of not; e) Ammunition used; f) Serial number of the weapon…

ID: Q16094

As many publishers change their links and archive their pages, the full-text version of this article may no longer be available from the original link. In this case, please go to the publisher's web site or use a search engine.

Array
(
    [type] => 8
    [message] => Trying to get property 'websource' of non-object
    [file] => /home/gpo/public_html/components/com_gpo/helpers/citation.php
    [line] => 153
)