Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Germany. 2002 ‘Licences to Acquire, Possess, Carry and Shoot Weapons.’ Weapons Act (Waffengesetz) of 2002; Part II (Section 10). Berlin: Federal Law Gazette. 11 October
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(3) Permission to acquire and possess ammunition shall be granted by entering the ammunition on the weapon owner's licence for the guns entered there. Otherwise, permission shall be granted by issuing a licence to acquire ammunition for a specific type of ammunition. The licence to acquire ammunition shall be valid for a period of six years, and shall be valid without expiry for the possession of ammunition. Permission to load ammunition for non-commercial purposes within the meaning of the Explosives Act shall also constitute permission to acquire and own such ammunition. Permission to own such ammunition shall continue for a period of six months after expiry of the permitting document.
(4) Permission to carry a weapon shall be granted by issuing a weapons licence. Licences to carry weapons in accordance with sentence 1 shall be issued for specific guns for a maximum of three years. Licences may be renewed twice for a maximum of three years at a time; renewals shall be of shorter duration if only a temporary need has been demonstrated. The scope of the weapons licence shall be limited to specific occasions or areas if no need beyond such occasions or areas is demonstrated. The conditions for issuing a licence to carry weapons for shooting blanks or irritants and weapons used as signalling devices are stipulated in Annex 2, Part 2, Chapter 3, nos. 2 and 2.1 (Kleiner Waffenschein (minor firearms certificate)).