Contents
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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