Small gun license

A permit is required for handling weapons or ammunition in most cases. The "small weapon license" is required to carry a alarm weapon, an irritant weapon or a signal weapon with PTB marking.

According to the Weapons Act, the term "leadership" means; the exercise of actual violence outside one's own home, business premises, pacified property (e.g. fenced property) or shooting range. The requirements for the Small Gun Licence are: 1 - Minimum age: 18 years, 2 - reliability, 3 - personal suitability. The responsible department checks the fulfilment of the requirements on the basis of the information provided by other public institutions.(https://service.konstanz.de/Performance Detail View/?id=1175)

(Source: City of Constance, Lower Arms Authority)

Legal basis

• § 4 Weapons Act (WaffG) (requirements for permission)

• § 5 Weapons Act (WaffG) (Reliability)/p>

• § 6 Weapons Act (WaffG) (Personal Suitability)/p>

• § 10 Weapons Act (WaffG) (granting)/p>

• § 36 Weapons Act (WaffG) (storage of weapons and ammunition)/p>

• Anlage 2 zu § 2 Abs. 2 bis 4 Waffengesetz (WaffG) - Waffenliste