Citizens not interested in making weapons with permission

From the second part of December, the six-month campaign for legalising small and light arms, which Kosovo citizens have without permission. The initiative was taken by the Government of Kosovo, the Ministry of Internal Affairs respectively.

At the decision of the secretary of this dictatorship, Ekrem Mustafa, during this period the implementation of Article 374 of the Penal Code, which, in paragraph one, envisions fines of up to 7 thousand and 500 euros or prison sentences of up to five years for non-licit weapons. It also envisions a sentence of 2 to 10 years in prison for illegal possession of four or more weapons or over 400 bullets.

According to data from this ministry, the number of illegal weapons in the possession of citizens is estimated to be around 260 thousand sosh.

With this campaign, according to Weapons, Munition and Explozied Division leader Dastan Mustafa, the citizens' awareness of the importance of legalisation of weapons, control and increased security is aimed.

“We strongly believe that any weapon that is registered will be treated more seriously by citizens and normally we will have control over them, because it will become their ballistics, it will be taken, it will be marked and it certainly represents more certainty,” says Mustafa.