What do I need to get a license for weapons?

Unfortunately, despite the obvious improvements withmemorable nineties, criminogenic situation in a number of localities leaves much to be desired. In this situation, many people are thinking about buying weapons. However, in practice, for this it is not enough simply to save money for this or that "trunk". In order not to have problems with the law, it is necessary to undergo a rather complex, multi-pass procedure - obtaining a license for weapons.

Let's try to consider this process in detail.

Categories

Step-by-step receipt of a license for weapons beginswith the study of weapons categories. It is necessary to determine which type you need and for what purposes, as this will largely determine the subsequent actions of the future licensee. There are four main categories

1. Weapons designed for self-defense.This includes the so-called "traumatic weapons" (in the common people - "traumatiki"), with rubber or metal-rubber damaging elements; gas weapons, the damaging effect of which is based on the irritating respiratory organs or the nerve-paralytic effect of certain gases; Airguns; short-barreled firearms and others.
   
2. Weapons of hunting predestination.Everything is clear from the very title: hunting rifles. True, very often they are acquired, first of all, for self-defense, and only in the second (and sometimes not always) for hunting bunnies and hazel grouses. Two large categories are singled out here: smooth-bore weapons and rifled weapons, which are distinguished by increased range of aiming fire and which are harder to obtain than smooth-bore guns (and only with a five-year experience of the owner of a smoothbore gun).
3. Weapons of sporting destiny. The license for it is issued only with the assistance of the corresponding sports federation of Russia.
4. The weapon, which is an organic element of a national costume. Here you can include various Cossack checkers, daggers in national costumes of various Caucasian peoples, etc.
5. Collectible. Different types of collection weapons.

Different conditions for obtaining weapons

The most troublesome, perhaps, is gettinglicenses for hunting weapons. In addition to obtaining a license, in this version you will have to become a member of a hunting club, and also to confirm your membership in it. In addition, you will have to go through two stages of licensing. First, obtaining a license for smooth-bore weapons. After this, no less than five years must pass. Secondly, after several years of ownership, a license for rifled weapons is obtained.

Several simplified procedure for obtaining weaponsrepresentatives of the relevant national communities (in case of obtaining weapons for the national costume). It also makes it easier to obtain a license to purchase weapons from representatives of the authorities "in execution" - policemen, prosecutors, judges, special services officers, servicemen, and so on.

The next step is to analyze the possibility of obtaining a license for this type of weapon.

Who can not be issued a license?

A citizen will be denied a license for weapons if:

1. He did not pass necessary medical examinations (absence of contraindications, absence of narcotic or psychotropic compounds in the body).
2. Has not reached the age of 21 (for all citizens andall types of weapons; 18 years for persons who pass military or other militarized service in the presence of a corresponding rank or rank; 18 years for weapons, defined as (for wearing with national costumes).
3. If he is currently serving his sentence.
4. If a citizen has an outstanding or unrecognized conviction for an intentional criminal act.
5. If there is a canceled or removed conviction for a serious offense committed with the use of weapons.
   
6. There are no notes on permanent residence.
7. He was again prosecuted for certain types of administrative offenses, before the end of the sentence.
8. A person in court is deprived of the right to purchase weapons.
9. A citizen is registered with an appropriate medical institution, for narcotic, alcohol dependence or psychopathology.
10. He did not provide information on the passage of training, on the passage of knowledge testing in the field of weapons

What diseases are not licensed for weapons?

List of diseases that make it impossible to obtain a license for weapons, consists of two groups - diseases of the nervous system and eye diseases.

The first group includes mental disordersprolonged and chronic, with persistent severe manifestations or frequent exacerbations (including schizophrenic disorders, neurotic stress disorders, behavioral and personality disorders, mental retardation, and others).

The second group includes a drop in visual acuity to less than 50% in the best eye and less than 20% at the worst eye, as well as other serious impairments in the visual apparatus.

The full list can be found in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation under the number 143 of 19.02.15.

Safe

If before the law you are clean and have health with youfull order, then the next step is the installation of an armory safe house or a weapons cabinet. It is better to go right to the employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who in your area is responsible for this area of ​​activity (you can find out by calling the duty officer at the police station indicated on the passport registration page) and clarify with him what requirements will be placed on the safe for storing this particular weapons.

Since the requirements for specialized safesare spelled out not clearly enough, and many points remain at the discretion of a particular police officer, this conversation may save you a bunch of nerves, and possibly money. It is especially necessary to clarify the required size of the fireproof cabinet, the need for a rigid attachment to the wall, the location in the house or apartment and so on.

Training

Training for obtaining a license for traumaticweapons or any other you can go to any specialized educational institution in your city, subject to the availability of a corresponding license. Otherwise it will be a waste of time and effort.

The training itself for obtaining a license for weapons consists of theoretical and practical exercises. Usually such courses are very short and do not exceed six academic hours in time.

Theory

The theoretical part of the training will be toldthe main provisions of federal legislation directly affecting your relationship with the state in connection with the future purchase, storage and use of weapons. In particular, you will be told the main provisions of the law "On Arms", which would be nice to pre-read, because for a short learning time to remember everything is unreal.

Also in theory you will retell the basic rulestreatment of different types of weapons and many related nuances, in particular, rules for the care of arms, rules for protecting the organs of sight and hearing when shooting, and so on. In general, the information is quite useful and useful.

Practice

The practical part of the training is even more interesting.

Here, each applicant will be trained to shoot. And the minimum number of shots that each student will have to do is twenty-five shots from different types of self-defense guns.

Depending on the type of weapon used,the range of shooting will be from three to twenty-five meters, while training will be given to shooting from two main positions - with the emphasis and without it (that is, standing).

Exam

In addition to the fact that during the training the person immediatelywill demonstrate his basic skills in handling weapons, obtained here (shooting, recharging, cleaning), in the end he will need to pass a small exam. Exam tickets will be offered, one of them should be answered.

The questions themselves will be examined during the training in the center where it is being implemented.

After passing this exam, the trained and tested citizen will be issued with the appropriate certificate, which will be needed later when passing the licensing procedure.

Package of documents for obtaining a license

To obtain a license for a weapon that gives you the right to purchase it, you will need to collect a package of documents:

1. A document proving the citizenship of the Russian Federation (passport, temporary passport, etc.).
2. Application for an appropriate license.
3. A document confirming that the future licensee has received relevant training in the handling of weapons and has the necessary skills.
4. The conclusion of the medical organization about the missing contraindications in the corresponding form (valid for 12 months, is held at the expense of the citizen).
5. Analysis for the absence of food in the bodynarcotic or psychotropic actions and the corresponding medical conclusion on the basis of the analysis (indeed within 12 months, is carried out at the expense of the citizen).

Items 4, 5 of the list of documents for obtaining a license for weapons are provided if the citizen receives a license for the first time.

When obtaining a license by a citizen who is in the service of a state-run paramilitary organization (army, police, court, etc.), he must provide:

1. A document proving the citizenship of the Russian Federation (passport, temporary passport, etc.).
2. Application for an appropriate license.
3. A document showing the citizen's passage of service in the organization and the available special or military rank (class ranks of the judiciary).

If a citizen receives a license to purchaseweapons with the characteristics of muzzle energy more than 7.5 joules (pneumatic or firearms) for sports, it is additionally necessary to attach such a document as a petition of the corresponding All-Russian sports federation.

Retake

In order to confirm the license, among other things, you must receive the following documents every five years:

1. A document confirming the successful passing of a test of knowledge of the rules and the availability of skills for the safe handling of the corresponding weapon.
2. Documents confirming the passagemedical examination (conclusion) as a lack of medical contraindications, and the absence of psychoactive, psychotropic and narcotic compounds in the body.