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Possession of weapons for customary use Apply for a permit
Service Description
If you are a traditional shooter and require weapons and ammunition for your traditional shooting, a need for their acquisition and possession is recognized. The permit is limited to single-shot long guns and up to three bolt-action long guns and the ammunition intended for them. As proof, you need a certificate from the traditional shooting association that you need these weapons to maintain the tradition. An indication of customs is a long-standing tradition and practice. In this context, the use of weapons may only be a necessary part of the cultivation of customs and not the predominant purpose.
Process flow
You can obtain the permit in the following way:
- You make an application and submit the required documents
- the required documents are checked, if necessary you have to submit further required documents,
- your age, reliability, personal suitability, expertise and need are checked (§ 4 paragraph 1 numbers 1 to 4 WaffG)
- the decision under weapons law is made.
Competent authority
The lower firearms authority responsible for your place of residence (district office or independent city).
Requirements
- You have reached the age of 18.
- You are reliable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
- You are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
- You are competent within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
- You have a need within the meaning of Section 16 of the Weapons Act.
Which documents are required?
- Proof of your expertise
- Proof of your need through proof of the customary shooting association
- Proof that your weapons and / or your ammunition are safely stored
What are the fees?
The weapons authority charges a fee in accordance with No. 1.1 of the Annex to the Thuringian General Administrative Costs Regulations.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Display acquisition and transfer: within 2 weeks
Legal basis
Appeal
no
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
02.08.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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