Acronyms and abbreviations (PDF, 59 kb)
Executive Summary (PDF, 77 kb)
Introduction (PDF, 76 kb)

1. Small Arms Distribution Survey (SADS) (PDF, 1,4 Mb)

• 1.1 Legal SALW
  • 1.1.1 Civilian weapons
  • 1.1.1.1 Geographical distribution
  • 1.1.1.2 Ethnic distribution
  • 1.1.2 Bulgarian Armed Forces
  • 1.1.3 National Police Service and Ministry of Interior
  • 1.1.4 Other government agencies
• 1.2 Illegal SALW
  • 1.2.1 Numbers in circulation
  • 1.2.2 Distribution of illegal SALW
  • 1.2.3 Sources for illegal SALW
  • 1.2.3.1 Household thefts
  • 1.2.3.2 Military depots
  • 1.2.3.3 Illegal production and factory thefts
  • 1.2.3.4 Illicit trafficking
  • 1.2.3.5 Communist-era weapons
• 1.3 Legal SALW production
  • 1.3.1 Privatisation, reorientation and conversion
• 1.4 SALW transfers
  • 1.4.1 Brokered transfers
  • 1.4.2 Transport companies and transhipments
  • 1.4.3 Transfers of concern
  • 1.4.4 SALW imports and internal trade

2. Small Arms Impact Survey (SAIS) (PDF, 1,3 Mb)

• 2.1 Firearms injuries
  • 2.1.1 Non-fatal injuries
    2.1.2 Fatal injuries
• 2.2 Crime attributed to SALW
  • 2.2.1 Illicit possession, production and trade in SALW
  • 2.2.2 Homicide
  • 2.2.2.1 Youth and firearm crime
  • 2.2.2.2 Gender and firearm homicide
• 2.3 Impact on development
  • 2.3.1 Developmental impact of SALW smuggling

3. Small Arms Perception Survey (SAPS) (PDF, 1,2 Mb)

• 3.1 Perceptions of security
• 3.2 Perceptions of security providers
• 3.3 Knowledge of SALW
• 3.4 Perceptions of ‘gun culture’
• 3.5 Perceptions regarding the availability of SALW
• 3.6 Perceived distribution of SALW
• 3.7 Perceived impact of SALW
• 3.8 Attitude towards SALW possession and use
• 3.9 Attitude towards domestic SALW control
• 3.10 Attitude towards controls on production and transfer
• 3.11 Attitude towards SALW destruction
• 3.12 Attitude towards SALW collection

4. Small Arms Capacity Survey (SACS) (PDF, 672 kb)

• 4.1 Legislative and regulatory framework
  • 4.1.1 Internal SALW controls
    • 4.1.1.1 Regulation of Private Security Companies
    • 4.1.1.2 Responsible institutions
  • 4.1.2 Transfer controls
    • 4.1.2.1 Responsible institutions
    • 4.1.2.2 Proposed amendments to the current system
• 4.2 Organisational capacities
  • 4.2.1 National Police Service
    • 4.2.1.1 Administration of permits
    • 4.2.1.2 Use of armed force
    • 4.2.1.3 Combating SALW crime
  • 4.2.2 National Security Service
  • 4.2.3 National Service for Combating Organised Crime
  • 4.2.4 Customs Agency and Border Police Service
  • 4.2.5 Ministry of Economy
  • 4.2.6 Ministry of Defence
  • 4.2.7 Bulgarian Army
  • 4.2.8 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 4.2.9 Judiciary
    • 4.2.9.1 Illegal firearms and the judicial process
    • 4.2.9.2 Enforcing transfer controls
  • 4.2.10 Inter-agency co-operation
• 4.3 Civil society
  • 4.3.1 Non-governmental organisations
  • 4.3.2 Defence industry associations
  • 4.3.3 Gun rights organisations
  • 4.3.4 Trade unions
  • 4.3.5 Mass media
    • 4.3.5.1 Reporting on gun crime
    • 4.3.5.2 Reporting on arms transfers
    • 4.3.5.3 Reporting on the defence industry
• 4.4 SALW collection
  • 4.4.1 Previous collections
  • 4.4.2 Capacity to conduct future SALW collection
• 4.5 SALW destruction
  • 4.5.1 Destruction of surplus weaponry
  • 4.5.2 Destruction of surplus ammunition
• 4.6 Public transparency and accountability
  • 4.6.1 Annual arms export reporting
• 4.7 International co-operation and information exchange

Annex A: Focus group sample (PDF, 75 kb)
Annex B: Army and security service weapon holdings by type (PDF, 75 kb)
Annex C: Ammunition surpluses (PDF, 55 kb)
Annex D: Companies licensed to trade in arms (PDF, 104 kb)
Annex E - SALW exports (PDF, 88 kb)
Annex F: SALW imports (PDF, 103 kb)
Annex G: Key interviewees (PDF, 54 kb)
Annex H: Bibliography (PDF, 106 kb)


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