The term "leading" is unfortunately not correctly described. Besides there is not kind of handling "transporting" in the WaffG! This representation can lead easily to mistakes and/or confusion"Â… 84.166.138.61 21:50, 15 April 2006 (CEST)

One needs a gun license, in order to be allowed to lead in Germany a firearm in the public, i.e., to carry it outside of the dwelling or the befriedeten property (independently of it, whether this is not loaded or loaded). To leading a weapon transport is different.

For the transport of the firearm for example to the weapon dealer or to the shooting range no gun license is necessary, if the weapon access ready and not firingready is not.

The gun license is issued in Germany of the responsible weapon authority (e.g. district administration authority or responsible police headquarters) or by the district administration office or in the city hall of a circle-free city (depending upon Land of the Federal Republic differently). A condition are majority, the personal suitability, reliability, the necessary special customer and an appropriate insurance. Further one must prove convincingly that one is endangered substantially more than the public by attacks on its body and its life and this can be reduced by leading a weapon. The exact legal circumstances are regulated in the weapon law.

Guard enterprises receive a gun license under certain conditions likewise, if these prove that they notice tasks, which an armed activity requires compellingly. Guard enterprises with gun license are not however rare, the predominant majority of the enterprises have a weapon permission.

The gun license is not justified to confound with the possession of arms map, those for the possession, acquisition and the not access-ready transport of a permission-requiring firearm.

The gun license entitled not for leading the weapon with public meetings and elevators. There weapons are forbidden by the meeting law.

Small gun license

Since the change of the German weapon law in April 2003 there is also the "small gun license in such a way specified" for leading signal, attraction material and fright firearms, which are provided with the PTB indication, which is in a circle. For it contrary to the "large" gun license only majority, personal suitability and reliability are presupposed.

Situation in Switzerland

The weapon law from 1 January 1999 differentiates between weapon acquisition and weapon carrying light as well as the arms traffic grant.

The weapon acquisition light is prescribed for the purchase of a weapon in the trade. For the weapon acquisition light an excerpt from the central criminal record is needed. The weapon sales among private people must be held in form of a passage of ownership contract in writing. Self-defense sprays of the poison classes G1 and G2 are grant requiring. Long weapons such as Ordonnanzrepetiergewehre as well as hunt and sporting rifles are available without weapon acquisition light. The owner of weapon may carry the weapon, in particular on the ways to the to his dwelling, into the shooting range or on the hunt.

The weapon carrying light entitled for continuing carrying of a weapon in whole Switzerland. The applicant must be able to make a special endangerment convincing. It has to prove its practical and theoretical expertise in an examination.

An arms traffic grant is linked with a theoretical and practical examination. Furthermore fire and break-down-safe business area is prescribed.

Foreigners without permission to establish residence always need a weapon acquisition light for the purchase of a weapon, independently whether in the trade or with private ones one buys. At citizens of certain countries no weapons may be sold.

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