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Apply for red gun permit for gun or ammunition collector

Service Description

Basically, you always need a permit to collect firearms 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 is introduced by muscle power or another energy source and can be 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. In order to be allowed to carry firearms without a permit, you need a small firearms license. Permit-required are all weapons that are not alarm, irritant and signal weapons with PTB mark in the circle. A detailed list of weapons for which you need a permit to collect can be found in Appendix 2 of the Weapons Act.

It is recommended that you inform yourself in detail about the regulations of the Weapons Law before applying.

In order to obtain permission to collect weapons and ammunition requiring a permit, you must be

  • be at least 25 years old and
  • Your need,
  • your reliability under weapons law,
  • your personal suitability,
  • your expertise in handling weapons and ammunition, and
  • the safe storage of weapons and ammunition.

Process flow

You must apply for permission toAcquisition and possession of weapons and/or ammunition requiring a permit. apply to the relevant weapons authority. Submit the application together with the required documents.

The firearms authority will grant you permission if you meet the necessary requirements.

Who should I contact?

Firearms Authorities

Competent authority

Firearms Authorities

Requirements

  • You must be at least 25 years old.

    If you are under 25 years of age, you may be required by the competent firearms authority to submit a specialist medical or specialist psychological report/testimonial on your mental fitness. You must pay for the expert opinion/testimony yourself and send the original by mail to the competent firearms authority. A copy or e-mail will not be accepted.
  • You have to prove that your collection is of cultural and historical or scientific-technicalimportant (need).

    You can provide proof, for example, by means of an expert opinion.
  • You must prove your reliability under weapons law.

    You can be assessed as reliable in terms of weapons law if, among other things
    • you have not been legally sentenced to a prison term of at least 1 year within the last 10 years and have not been a member of or supported a prohibited organization within the last 10 years.
    • it cannot be assumed that you misuse or improperly handle weapons or ammunition, do not store these items carefully or hand them over to persons who are not authorized to do so.
    • you have not been in preventive police custody with judicial authorization for violence more than once in the last 5 years.
    • You have not repeatedly or grossly violated the weapons law.
  • You must prove your personal suitability.

    You may be assessed as personally unsuitable if, among other things.
    • You are legally incompetent.
    • You are addicted to alcohol or other intoxicating substances, mentally ill, or debilitated.
    • you suffer from serious illnesses, such as brain injuries, or physical impairments, such as amputations or severe visual impairment.
    • it can be assumed that you are not able to handle weapons or ammunition carefully or properly or that there is a concrete danger that you will endanger others or yourself.
  • You must prove that you have sufficient knowledge about weapons and ammunition and how to handle them (expert knowledge).

    In order to obtain the expertise in handling weapons and ammunition, you must attend an appropriate training course. The course includes a theoretical and practical part. At the end of the course, you will take an examination before an authorized examination board. If you have passed the examination, you will receive a certificate for which weapons and ammunition you have acquired the expertise. If your collection does not contain any firearms capable of being fired, you may not be required to have firearms proficiency. This decision is made by the competent authority.
  • You must prove that you can store weapons and ammunition safely.

    This generally means that only you, as the authorized person, have access to weapons and ammunition, for example, by carrying the key with you at all times. 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, your reliability under weapons law may be called into question and your weapons possession card may be revoked.

    When applying, you must provide information on both the place of storage and the container in which you intend to store weapons and ammunition. In principle, you can use the following guidelines as a guide:

    • You must store ammunition requiring a permit in a sheet steel cabinet/container with a swing bolt lock.
    • You need a gun cabinet to store long guns and handguns requiring a permit, as well as ammunition requiring a permit. The type of gun cabinet you need depends on the number and type of weapons and/or ammunition you wish to acquire and possess.
      • 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 weighing up to 200 kilograms.
      • 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 apply in principle to the place where you may install the weapons 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 secured only 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 to store a gun cabinet with resistance grade 1.
      • If you live in a shared household with another gun owner, you may store the guns in a shared gun cabinet.
    • As a hunter, you are allowed to have your long guns stored temporarily 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)
  • Proof of the cultural-historical value of the collection
  • Proof of expertise
  • Proof of storage, e.g. purchase contract for a gun cabinet and/or photos of gun cabinet and place of installation
  • If applicable, a medical or psychological certificate of mental fitness (if under 25 years of age).

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

Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Sport and Integration

Professionally released on

10.08.2022

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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