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Apply for gun ownership card for hunting associations
Service Description
Basically, you always need a permit to acquire and possess weapons and ammunition.
In general, firearms are objects intended for attack or defense, signaling, hunting, distance injection, marking, sport or play, and in which projectiles are propelled through a barrel or in which solid bodies are fired in a targeted manner, the propulsive energy of which can be introduced by muscle power or another energy source and stored or held by a locking device (for example, crossbows, arrow launchers).
A distinction is made between firearms requiring a permit and firearms not requiring a permit. A detailed list of weapons for the acquisition and possession of which you need a weapons possession card can be found in Annex 2 of the Weapons Act.
A weapons possession card can also be issued to a shooting sports club or a hunting association as a legal entity.
You must name a responsible person who must be reliable in terms of weapons law and personally suitable, and who can demonstrate the required expertise. This person does not have to be authorized to represent the association, i.e., for example, not a member of the board of directors. If the responsible person leaves the hunting association, you must immediately notify the competent authority and appoint a new responsible person within 2 weeks. Otherwise, the competent authority will withdraw your permit to acquire and possess weapons (weapons possession card).
It is recommended that you inform yourself in detail about the regulations of the weapons law before submitting your application.
In order to obtain permission to acquire and possess weapons and ammunition requiring a permit, you must be registered as a hunting association in the association register as well as prove the safe storage of weapons and ammunition. In addition, the need for the acquisition of club weapons must be demonstrated
The responsible person appointed by you must
- have the appropriate age and
- be reliable in terms of weapons law and
- personal suitability and
- prove their expertise in handling weapons and ammunition.
It is advisable to name several responsible persons when submitting an application to the firearms authority.
Process flow
You must have a permit toto acquire and possess weapons and/or ammunition that require a permit. apply to the competent weapons authority. Submit the application together with the required documents.
The firearms authority will grant you the permit if you meet the necessary requirements.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the responsible firearms authority.
Competent authority
The district office or city responsible for the association's registered office.
Requirements
- The responsible person must be at least 25 years old.
- The person in charge must be reliable in terms of weapons law.
The responsible person can be assessed as unreliable under weapons law, among other things,- if he/she has been legally sentenced to a custodial sentence of at least 1 year within the last 10 years or has not been a member of or supported a prohibited organization within the last 10 years.
- if it can be assumed that he/she misuses or improperly handles weapons or ammunition, does not keep these objects carefully or hands them over to persons who are not authorized to do so.
- if he/she has been in preventive police custody more than once in the last 5 years with judicial authorization due to violence.
- if he/she has repeatedly or grossly violated the weapons law.
- The person in charge must be personally qualified.
The responsible person may be deemed personally unsuitable, among other things, if- he/she is legally incompetent.
- he/she is addicted to alcohol or other intoxicating substances, is mentally ill or is a moron.
- he/she suffers from serious illnesses, such as brain injuries, or physical impairments, such as amputations or severe visual impairment.
- it can be assumed that he or she cannot handle weapons or ammunition carefully or properly or that there is a concrete danger that he or she will endanger others or himself or herself.
- The responsible person must prove that he or she has sufficient knowledge about weapons and ammunition and how to handle them (expertise).
In order to obtain the expertise in handling weapons and ammunition, he or she must attend an appropriate training course. The course includes a theoretical and practical part. At the end of the course, an examination is taken before an authorized examination board. If the examination is passed, the responsible person receives a certificate for which weapons and ammunition the expert knowledge was acquired. The responsible person can also obtain the expert knowledge only for the weapons and ammunition that you want to acquire and possess as a hunting association.
The responsible person does not have to take a separate expert knowledge examination if he or she has- the hunter's examination or an examination equivalent to it, or
- has passed a journeyman's examination for the gunsmith's trade, or
- has worked as a full-time employee in the trade of firearms and ammunition for at least 3 years.
In these cases, only appropriate evidence must be submitted.
- You must prove that you can safely store weapons and ammunition.
This generally means that only the responsible person has access to weapons and ammunition, for example by carrying the key with them at all times or otherwise keeping them safe. If you do not store your weapons and ammunition securely, you commit an administrative offense for which a fine of up to 10,000 EUR can be imposed. In addition, this may cast doubt on the reliability of the person responsible under weapons law and you, as a hunting association, may have your weapons possession card revoked.
When applying, you must provide information on both the storage location and the container in which you intend to store weapons and ammunition. In principle, you can use the following guidelines as a guide:- Ammunition requiring a permit must be stored in a sheet steel cabinet/container with a swing bolt lock.
- To store long guns and handguns requiring a permit as well as ammunition requiring a permit, you need a gun cabinet. The type of gun cabinet you need depends on the number and type of weapons and/or ammunition you wish to acquire and possess.
- In a gun cabinet with resistance grade 0 according to EN 1143-1 with a weight of up to 200 kilograms, you may store an unlimited number of long guns, up to 5 handguns and ammunition.
- In a gun cabinet with resistance grade 0 according to EN 1143-1 with a weight of more than 200 kilograms, you may store an unlimited number of long guns, up to 10 handguns and ammunition.
- In a gun cabinet with resistance grade 1 according to EN 1143-1, you may store an unlimited number of long guns and handguns as well as ammunition.
- The following regulations generally apply to the place where you may install the firearm cabinet:
- If you live in an apartment building, you are not allowed to place the gun cabinet in the basement if each resident has only one so-called basement locker, which is only secured by a door with a padlock.
- You are allowed to store up to 3 long guns in buildings that are not permanently inhabited, such as a hunting lodge or a weekend house. However, for this you need a gun cabinet with resistance grade 1.
- If you live with another gun owner in a shared household, you may store the guns in a shared gun cabinet.
- As a hunter, you may also temporarily have your long guns stored by another hunter in his gun cabinet. However, this time should be limited; permanent storage is not allowed. For permanent storage, you should purchase your own gun cabinet to which only you have access.
- It is also permitted to store weapons and ammunition at a weapons dealer. You must provide appropriate proof of this.
Which documents are required?
- Identity card or passport (copy)
- Extract from the register of associations
- Proof of expertise (responsible person)
- Proof of storage, e.g. purchase contract for a gun cabinet and/or photos of gun cabinet and place of installation
- If applicable, medical or psychological certificate on the mental aptitude of the responsible person (not applicable for hunters according to § 13 WaffG)
Legal basis
Appeal
Online services available: not known
Forms available: not known
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance required: 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
09.01.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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