Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
SEESAC. 2006 ‘Number of Registered Firearms in Croatia (1989,2002).’ SEESAC SALW Survey of Croatia - 2006, p. 3. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 1 December
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Even before the 1991 - 1995 conflict Croatia had a high level of civilian ownership of guns, particularly for hunting. For example, in 1989, a total of 299,586 weapons were registered in a population of 4.6 million. (1)
[GunPolicy.org calculated Rate of Registered Firearms per 100 population (1989): 6.27]
However, many weapons were bought during the conflict and later legalized and registered by their owners, bringing the total in 2002 to 394,419 legally registered weapons in a population of 4.2 million. (2) It is therefore clear that, after the war, Croatia experienced a significant growth of civilian legal armaments.
[GunPolicy.org calculated Rate of Registered Firearms per 100 population (2002): 8.88]
Notes
1. Small Arms Ownership in the former Yugoslavia, 1989. BICC Conversion Survey 2002, p.127.
2. Report on the Implementation of the National Program for the Increase of General Security through Voluntary Submission of Arms, Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance Devices (in Croatian), Ministry of Interior, 2002, p.16.