MEN AND FIREARMS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE : FAST FACTS
MEN AND FIREARMS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE : FAST FACTS

Author(s): Dragan Božanić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Keywords: Firearms; South East Europe; Small Arms Control; Gender and Violence; Firearm Ownership; Security and Safety
Summary/Abstract: In South East Europe (SEE), as elsewhere, the overwhelming majority of firearms are owned by men. Men also predominantly use and misuse firearms and account for the majority of victims of firearm misuse. While these patterns are highly stable and remarkably similar across the region, it has been only recently that the necessity to address these issues have been recognized in SALW control legislative and policy frameworks in SEE. To be effective, this changing policy landscape requires thorough understanding of the linkages between men and firearms and the role that masculine norms play in shaping both the demand for firearms and the risk-taking behavior in the wider social context, including access and availability of firearms. The Men and Firearms in South East Europe: Fast Facts provides a broad overview of the available data on firearm ownership, access to firearms across security sector institutions, men’s experience and attitudes towards firearms, and men as perpetrators and victims of firearm misuse. It also maps factors which could influence the demand for firearms among men. In doing so, Fact Facts aims to contribute to the ongoing discussions on the social conditioning of these patterns and increase knowledge and awareness of both professionals and the general audience of the specific linkages between men and firearms in SEE.

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