Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
SEESAC. 2006 ‘Estimated Overall Weapons Holdings - Kosovo (2006).’ SEESAC SALW Survey of Kosovo (2006), p. 32. Belgrade: SEESAC. 24 August
Relevant contents
This Survey estimates that, as of June 2006, there were nearly 400,000 weapons in Kosovo. Of these:
- 33,936 firearms were in the legal possession of individual citizens;
- 45,217 firearms were in the hands of official agencies and international private security companies;
[Total: 79,153]*
- At least 317,000 firearms were in the illegal possession of individual citizens and groups.
[Total Firearms (legal & illicit): 396,153]
[Rate of Civilian Firearm Possession per 100 Population: 22.29]
[Rate of Registered Firearms per 100 population: 4.45]
[Estimated Rate of Illicit Firearms per 100 population: 17.84]
*[Editor's Note: Although firearms held by private security companies are rarely included in the same count as state-owned service firearms, no such breakdown appears in this report. As state agencies are likely to hold more law enforcement firearms than do private entities, GunPolicy.org uses the available numbers to calculate possession rates, as above].
[SALW = small arms and light weapons]