Policija i sigurnost, Vol. 33 No. 2, 2024.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.33.2.1
Illegal Possession of Weapons and Explosive Substances
Dinko Ljubić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-7192
; Uprava za imigraciju, državljanstvo i upravne poslove, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nataša Prišlin
orcid.org/0009-0000-8113-7719
; Uprava za imigraciju, državljanstvo i upravne poslove, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josip Ćelić
; Policijska akademija "Prvi hrvatski redarstvenik", MUP RH, HRvatska
Sažetak
This paper examines the problem of illegal possession of weapons and explosive substances, a criminal
activity sanctioned by the legislator in the provisions of criminal and misdemeanour law. The paper
begins with an overview of what the cited criminal activity signifess for public safety. Furthermore, it
examines a terminological defnition of the basic terms contained in special regulations (Directive of
the European Parliament and of the Council on Control of the Acquisition and Possession of Weapons,
the Act on the Acquisition and Possession of Weapons by Citizens and the Act on Explosive Substances
and the Production of and Trade in Weapons) and it defnes the issues and goals. The central part
of the paper considers criminal and misdemeanour legal provisions with particular reference to the
categorisation of weapons and explosive substances as a key parameter for the distinction between the
criminal and misdemeanour domains. Judicial practice and police statistics are also analysed, and special164
Ljubić, Prišlin, Ćelić: Nedozvoljeno posjedovanje oružja i eksplozivnih tvari
Polic. sigur. (Zagreb), godina 33. (2024), broj 2, str. 148 - 164
attention is paid to statutory and judicial omissions, defciencies and contradictions, their elimination
and possible improvements. The fnal part of the paper focuses on conclusions related to normative
and practical problems and reached through elaborating on the topic. Eventually, the paper proposes
feasible solutions.
Ključne riječi
weapons, frearms, illegal weapons, explosive substances, organised crime
Hrčak ID:
317761
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.6.2024.
Posjeta: 799 *