Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2024.61.154.623
Medical Fitness to Hold and Carry Weapons
Dinko Ljubić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-7192
; The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia
Danijel Javorić Barić
; Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation Krapinske Toplice
Abstract
the special conditions prescribed by law. The reason for the above conditions is that weapons are
extremely dangerous instruments and the possible misuse is not only a threat to public security, but
canal so have fatal consequences. Accordingly, weapons are limited in legal circulation. Medical
fitness to hold and carry weapons is one of the special conditions. A person is required to attach
a certificate of medical fitness when obtaining weapons. Furthermore, continuous monitoring of
the health condition of the owner of the weapon is imperative. If deemed necessary there ferral to
anappropriate medical facility for further examination is justified. The previous, albe it now invalid
legal solution permitted periodic health examinations of the owner of the weapon, this abolition
represents a great step towards liberalisation in this area of law. This paper is the matically divided
into introductory discussions where the issue is defined through a review of the problems of gun
abuse caused by the gun owner’s medical incapacity. The central parts of the paper is concerned with
the conditions of medical fitness when purchasing weapons, the analysis (procedure and standards of
medical examination, monitoring of medical fitness by both the doctors and the special institute of
health) and finally conclusion. The aim of the paper is to familiarise the professional public with the
above-cited problems. This is achieved throughthe analysis of statistical data, both legal and by-law
regulations, by evaluating the effectiveness of the procedures in place and finally by detecting and
exposing individual failures of the above-cited conditions, namely conditions of medical fitness to
hold and carry weapons.
Keywords
weapons; firearms; misuse of weapons; confiscation of weapons; medical examinations
Hrčak ID:
324498
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2024.
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