Latvia. 2019 ‘Section 15(2)-(3).’ Law on the Handling of Weapons; Section 15. Riga: Latvia. 10 April

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Section 15. Legal Persons who have the Right to Acquire, Possess, and Transport Weapons, Their Components and the Ammunition Intended for Them

(2) Sports federations recognised in Latvia which are engaged in the types of sports that are linked to shooting (hereinafter - the sports federations) and their collective members, if the managers and employees of such sports federations and who according to the work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to managers) do not apply to them, have the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for operation firearms of Categories A, B, and C classified for sports and their ammunition, as well as the exchangeable essential components of such firearms;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for operation high-energy pneumatic weapons of Category D classified for sports;

3) to acquire, possess, transport, and issue for use long firearms classified for sports and equipped with fire sound suppressors (silencers), except for fire sound suppressors (silencers) for long-rifled firearms with the calibre of up to 5.6 mm for which ammunition with rimfire primers is used, as well as if the shot is fired using ammunition with reduced quantity of gunpowder.

(3) Legal persons which have received a permission of a local government for the operation of a second or third category shooting gallery, if their shareholders, officials of the administration (representation) of the commercial company, as well as employees who according to the work duties have access to weapons and ammunition meet the conditions of Section 14, Paragraph ten of this Law and the prohibitions referred to in Section 23 of this Law (except for the prohibition referred to in Clause 12 thereof in relation to shareholders and managers) do not apply to them, have the the following rights with the permission of the State Police:

1) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use firearms of Categories A, B, and C classified for sports and hunting and their ammunition, as well as the exchangeable essential components of such firearms;

2) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use long firearms classified for sports and hunting and equipped with fire sound suppressors (silencers), except for fire sound suppressors for long-rifled firearms with the calibre of up to 5.6 mm for which ammunition with rimfire primers is used, as well as if the shot is fired using ammunition with reduced quantity of gunpowder;

3) to acquire, possess, transport, convey, and issue for use high-energy pneumatic weapons of Category D classified for sports.

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