PRAVNI ASPEKTI NABAVE, DRŽANJA I NOŠENJA ORUŽJA I STRELJIVA U KANTONU SREDIŠNJA BOSNA
LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROCUREMENT, POSSESSION, AND CARRYING OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION IN THE CENTRAL BOSNIA CANTON

Summary/Abstract: Quality legal solutions regarding the acquisition, possession, and carrying of weapons and ammunition can certainly improve the current situation and prevent possible tragic events. One of the basic problems when it comes to legal regulations is that Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have its own law on weapons. Neither does the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Everything is brought down to the cantonal level and each canton solves it in its own way. There were certain attempts by the Security Commission to pass the law at the level of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it was still in the form of the draft law in 2013. The authors emphasize the importance of harmonizing the treated issues with European legislation, in order to effectively bring Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the European Union on this issue as well. Leaving it up to the cantons to regulate this very complex area in their own way has led to the fact that we have inconsistent legal solutions regarding the conditions for submitting a request to approve the purchase of a weapon for a certain person, the length of time, i.e. the validity of a weapon certificate, etc. Statistical data confirm that there is a significant number of persons who legally own weapons. On the other hand, a certain number of people do not meet the conditions for obtaining approval for the purchase of weapons. It can be seen that the authors present the key determinants of law from the aspect of acquiring, possessing, and carrying weapons and ammunition de lege lata in an effort to offer new legal solutions de lege ferenda for a more effective regulation of research subjects in the area of the Central Bosnia Canton.

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